Goethe's poems / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; translated with an introduction by Graham Good.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, author.

Contributor:

Good, Graham, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Translations into English.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why read Goethe's poetry today? Ours is an age which prizes both individual self-development and cultural diversity. Goethe (1749-1832) was the first major poet to show how these two values could be combined. Goethe, who coined the term "world literature," explored a wide variety of subject matter, from love and creativity, to nature and religion. For Goethe life is a process with no final answers: "All meaning is only asking." This selection of Goethe's poetry aims to represent its formal and thematic variety in readable verse translations.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Copyright""; ""Goethe�s Life and Work""; "" I LOVE AND SOLITUDE""; ""To Sleep""; ""By the Riverside""; ""May Song""; ""Hail and Farewell""; ""The King in Thule""; ""Bonding Song""; ""Autumnal Feeling""; ""The Hunter�s Evening Song""; ""The Wanderer�s Night Song (I)""; ""Restless Love""; ""To the Moon""; ""The Elf-King""; ""Night Thoughts""; ""The Harpist (I)""; ""The Harpist (II)""; ""The Harpist (III)""; ""Ballad of the Harpist""; ""Mignon (I)""; ""Mignon (II)""; ""Mignon (III)""; ""The Spinster""; ""My Love Is Near""; ""The Coy Shepherdess""

""The Shepherd""""The Repentant Shepherdess""; ""The Mountain Castle""; ""Your Presence""; ""The Lost Ring""; ""West Wind""; ""The Presence of the Past""; ""A Phenomenon""; ""The Chestnut Tree""; ""Behramgur""; ""Gingko Biloba""; ""Suleika""; ""The Bridegroom""; ""To the Rising Full Moon""; ""II GODS AND HUMANS""; ""A Song about Mohammed""; ""Prometheus""; ""Ganymede""; ""The Feeling of Humanity""; ""Winter Journey in the Harz Mountains""; ""Song of the Spirits above the Waters""; ""Human Limits""; ""The Divine""; ""The Song of the Fates""; ""Permanence within Change""; ""Longing""

""Memorial""""Prooemion""; ""Orphic Words""; ""Symbolum""; ""Antepirrhema""; ""Talismans""; ""The Wanderer�s Equanimity""; ""Saint Nepomuk�s Eve""; ""One and All""; ""Spirit Hovering over the Earth""; ""All of the stars""; ""When, in infinity""; ""Legacy""; ""From Faust, Part Two, Final Scene""; ""III NATURE AND ART""; ""Artist�s Evening Song""; ""On the Lake""; ""Hope""; ""My Goddess""; ""The Wanderer�s Night Song (II)""; ""Anacreon�s Grave""; ""Flat Calm""; ""Fortunate Voyage""; ""Into the Distance""; ""Nature and Art""; ""The Sonnet""; ""Humility""; ""Song and Form""

""Unlimited""""Epirrhema""; ""Parabasis""; ""Schiller�s Remains""; ""Twilight""; ""At Night""; ""Always and Everywhere""; ""I like full rhyme""; ""Once you are clear""; ""Our earnest efforts""; ""Something is speaking""; ""Poems are like stained-glass windows""; ""IV WIT AND WISDOM""; ""Originality""; ""Among the princes of Germany""; ""I cannot divide my life""; ""Ownership""; ""The demagogue""; ""The powerful""; ""“Aren�t we right to deceive the people?""; ""Princes often imprint""; ""A student told me""; ""When I heard them yelling""; ""They really annoy me""; ""Someone said""

""Art, Science, Religion""""We all see God""; ""Whoever serves the public""; ""Age""; ""The Years""; ""Rumi Speaks""; ""“Tell me how you live.�""; ""Who is happiest?""; ""Time spent looking for cures""; ""Every event""; ""So, what do you consider sin?""; ""You cannot cure your oddities""; ""Always strive for the whole""; ""Regardless of age""; ""No one likes giving""; ""Worries""; ""You ask if I mean all I say""; ""“Whom should we believe?�""; ""If you play at life""; ""Zeus, why""; ""Forget about transiency""; ""Do you know how to find the joy of life?""

""Yes, you�re on the right track""

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 17, 2018).

ISBN:

1-55380-357-4

1-55380-358-2

OCLC:

907558342