Selected Poetry
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Selected Poetry
By (Author) Goethe
Edited by David Luke
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
28th April 2005
28th April 2005
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.008
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
247g
Description
This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in Penguin Classics This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in penguin classics and replaces Luke's own 1964 prose translation which has been in print continously since then (life sales 43,000).
Author Bio
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature. He gained fame early with The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774), but his most famous work was the poetic drama in two parts, Faust.
