Selected Poetry
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Selected Poetry
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).
This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in Penguin Classics.
This new verse translation replaces Luke's own 1964 prose translation, which has been in print continuously since then, with life sales totalling 43,000 copies.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780140424560
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 April 2005
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Edited by David Luke
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 247g
Pages: 336
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About the Author
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.
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