The sorrows of young Werther /
Drawing on his own unhappy experiences, Goethe's account of Werther's passionate love for Lotte, who is promised to another, is one of the first great Romantic tragic novels. David Constantine's new translation captures the novel's lyric intensity, and is accompanied by an introd...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Drawing on his own unhappy experiences, Goethe's account of Werther's passionate love for Lotte, who is promised to another, is one of the first great Romantic tragic novels. David Constantine's new translation captures the novel's lyric intensity, and is accompanied by an introduction and notes that illuminate Goethe's achievement. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the German. Previously issued in print: 2012. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 118 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780191923432 (ebook) : |
| DOI: | 10.1093/owc/9780199583027.001.0001 |