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The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there.Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free.Original Publisher: Hilliard, Gray, and company Publication date: 1839Subjects: Drama / General; Drama / Continental European; Literary Criticism / European / German; Poetry / Continental European ... Read more

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Classic play in the original German. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, and science. Goethe's magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Goethe's other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther." ... Read more

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NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous versions of Faust which are already before the public,* and the ability with which fragments of this great poem have been rendered into English verse, it is, I believe, admitted, that no translator has yet succeeded in embodying its entire spirit in a metrical form. How far I have been successful in accomplishing this difficult task, I must leave others to determine; I can only say that, impelled by admiration of the splendid poetry scattered through its pages, I have laboured diligently to render my translation a faithful reflection of the original, and if I have sometimes failed, it must not be attributed to any want of earnest endeavour. To the merit of Mr. Hayward's prose version, I gladly record my humble testimony; yet, notwithsta.nding the occasional freedom unavoidable in metrical translations, I cannot agree with those who regard prose as an appropriate medium for the re-production of poetry. In original composition, a natural relat

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CONTENTS; PAGE; TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE ??? v; INTRODUCTIONS ???? viii-xvi; Faust, (the Intermezzo), Iphigenia, Torquato Tasso, Egmont; FAUST 1; ,; IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS 155; TORQUATO TASSO 219; EGl'tfONT 317; GOETZ VON BERLICHINGEN Sir Walter Scott's Introrl; uction 401; The Drama 405

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1853Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: Late resounds the early strain ; Weal and woe in song remain. rpHE Litder, or Songs of Goethe, stand at the head of all -- editions of his Poems, and are generally looked upon as the most attractive portion of them. Their variety is extraordinary, scarcely any two resembling each other in character, yet all have their own peculiar beauty and sweetness. Some will doubtless appear more pleasing to the reader than others, from their appealing more immediately to the feelings, and being presented in a softer guise ; and yet, even where a certain degree of harshness, or it may be triviality, appears at first sight to exist, it is seldom that a closer examination fails to disclose beauties previously unobserved, and a depth of thought and meaning previously unsuspected. The variety of metres is very remarkable, and many of them are very quaint and peculiar, yet few are unpleasing. As examples of the more strikingly unusual ones may be mentioned The New Amadis, Mischievous Joy, After-Sensatione, and Swh, such i he who pleaseth me.SOUND, SWEET SONG.Sound, sweet song, from some far land, Sighing softly close at hand, Now of joy, and now of woe !Stars are wont to glimmer so. Sooner thus will good unfold; Children young and children old Gladly hear thy numbers flow.1820. In the cases in which the date is marked thus (), it signifies the original date of publication -- the year of composition not being known. In other cases, the date given is that of the actual composition. All the poems are arranged in the order of the recognised German editions.TO THE KIND KEADER.No one talks more tha... ... Read more

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Volume: 2Publisher: Printed for H. ColburnPublication date: 1824Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / GermanPoetry / Continental EuropeanNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This sparkling new translation of FAUST: PART TWO now affords English-language readers much of the pleasure found by readers of the original German. Award-winning translator Martin Greenberg casts Goethe's verse in a natural, vigorous, lucid English that preserves Goethe's poetic effects while accurately rendering the sense of the original lines. ... Read more

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Loving portrait of a great human being
When the young Eckermann arrived in Weimar it was mainly as a hopeful poet. Instead he turned out to be a valuable assistent for the great Goethe in the famous man's last years. And provided the world with an insightful portrait of the famous multi-talent in his older days.

And Goethe was certainly highly creative to the last, working intensely on the second part of "Faust" right up til his death. And his discussions with Eckermann throws important light on this somewhat condensed and obscure work of art.

We also get insights into Goethes looks on art and nature. His relentless pursuit of beauty and depth and his firm belief that all forms of art was to serve the highest and most noble in humankind. Rather a far cry from todays aesthetics!And his equally firm belief in the spiritual basis for the nature that surrounds us. And maintaining that the scope of true science is to as far as possible uncover the Spirit which shows itself in nature, without ever reaching a full disclosure of the mystery.

All in all Goethe comes across as a selfcomposed and friendly human being. Olympian yes, but not above and beyond a good dinner with a bottle of fine wine and some humorous conversation. Able to handle deaths of friends and family with dignity, and based in a natural and true spirituality. And occasionally getting very human, specially when somebody critizises his theory of colours.

In many way this book can serve as a Western parallel to Mahendranath Gupta's "The Gospel Of Ramakrishna". An intelligent and keen observers loving portrait of the man who changed and enriched their life.

Invaluable for Goethe scholars and admirers.
During the last ten years of his life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), the famous German author of "The Sorrows of Young Werther", "Egmont" and "Faust"became mentor to a young man named Johann Peter Eckermann who had decided to make writing his career.After a few years had passed, Eckermann began to compile his most memorable conversations with the great poet, scientist and statesman of Weimar, and asked for his blessing to publish them.According to Eckermann, Goethe approved of the plan and directed which conversations should be printed.Trusting the dates provided by Eckermann, the first two volumes appeared about three years after Goethe's death in 1835, and a third volume with additional conversations was published in 1848, which also featured various discussions Goethe had with an acquaintance named M. Soret.

This edition by Adamant is a complete facsimile of the 1883 English translation by John Oxford printed by William Clowes and Sons and revised by George Bell and Sons.Hence, you will find in this one book all three volumes, including the short autobiography of Eckermann.The entries compiled from the third volume, and Soret's conversations, are clearly marked.This is an important book as Goethe did not publish his autobiography in one complete form -- this edition chronicles Goethe's last decade and reveals his personal opinions on many interesting subjects.Of importance, there are discussions with Eckermann and Soret featuring Goethe's hindsight views of his earlier endeavours, and also discussions of his work-in-progress concerning his later writings, such as the "Novella" and "Faust Part Two".In addition, the style of this compilation is quite charming to read with its nineteenth-century expressions, which helps to bring the reader back to Goethe's era, even the font-style is reproduced exactly as seen in the 1883 edition.The original select index is also included.According to Eckermann, contemporaries agreed the conversations were true-to-life representations of Goethe's personality and manner of speech.This book is a real time-capsule, a gem for Goethe devotees.

E.A. Bucchianeri, author of "Faust: My Soul be Damned for the World"
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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: H. Milford; Publication date: 1921; Subjects: Literature; Art; Drama / Shakespeare; Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / German; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare; ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1884Original Publisher: S.E. Cassino and Co.Subjects: History / Europe / ItalyLiterary Criticism / European / GermanPoetry / Continental EuropeanTravel / Europe / SwitzerlandNotes: This is an OCR reprint of the original rare book. There may be typos or missing text and there are no illustrations.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more