Selected Poems pdf

Goethe: A famous German writer, novelist, storyteller and poet, who has made a great contribution to world literature, especially German. Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in March 1749 in the city of Frankfurt on the River Main, to a firm, well-off father, who obliged him to learn Latin, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, French, English, some music and painting, in addition to some natural sciences, such as the University of Physics, who sent him to the University of Physics. However, he inclined to the study of literature and began writing poems and dramatic plays, and besides literature he was interested in natural history and medicine. In 1768, Goethe returned to Frankfurt, and his father became angry with him and sent him to the University of Strasbourg, where he obtained a law degree, in which he followed the famous German writer Herder. The Supreme Court, followed the senior judges and got acquainted with some of the men of power. In 1774, Goethe became acquainted with Duke Karl August, governor of the province of Weimar, and this friendship strengthened until the Duke gave him one of the most prestigious positions in the province, in addition to appointing him a member of the Supreme Council of the province, and deducted a salary and a house for him. Goethe traveled to Italy in 1786 and stayed there for about a year and a half. He himself considered this trip a turning point in his life. Where his personality was influenced by Italian art and literature, in which he wrote the plays "Iphigenia", "Egmont" and "Tasso". Goethe was influenced by Arabic literature since his youth; At the age of twenty-three he composed a poem in praise of the Prophet “Muhammad”, and his relationship with Eastern, Persian and Arabic literature was strengthened by him, especially after the age of sixty. Where he studied the poetry of "Hafez al-Shirazi" as a translator, and was acquainted with the customs and history of the East, with the help of some orientalists, because he was not fluent in Arabic. Goethe has many books, the most famous of which are: “The Sorrows of Werther”, “Faust”, “The Eastern Divan of the Western Author”, “Selected Genealogy”, “Tasso”, and “The Lover’s Caprice”. Goethe died at his home in Weimar in 1832.

Selected Poems pdf by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Selected Poems (Goethe: The Collected Works, Vol. 1)

This new series brings into modern English a reliable translation of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's vast body of work. This edition, selected from over 140 volumes in German, is the new standard in English, and contains poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing by the man who is probably the most influential writer in the German language. The executive editors of this collection are Victor Lange of Princeton University, Eric Blackall of Cornell University, and Cyrus Hamlin of Yale University.Princeton University Press is proud to be the distributor of the twelve volumes in hardcover of the originating publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag. In addition, Princeton will issue paperback reprints of these volumes over the next two years, beginning with volumes one through three.
Goethe, the founder of the poetry of experience, created a body of poetry that is unsurpassed in lucidity of speech and imagery and in instinct for melody and rhythm. Nonetheless, many of his poems are relatively unknown to English-speaking audiences, partly because of the difficulties they have posed to translators. This volume contains translations, side by side with the German originals, of Goethe's major poems--all prepared by eminent American and English writers, and all attesting to his poetic genius.
Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-dayEnglish, and Goethe's formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness.
The reflections on art and literature that Goethe produced throughout his life are the premise and corollary of his work as poet, novelist, and man of science. This volume contains such important essays as "On Gothic Architecture," "On the "Laocoon Group," and "Shakespeare: A Tribute." Several works in this collection appear for the first time unabridged and in fresh translations.