num_pages: 176
description: A Major New TranslationFor more than two centuries the very title of this book has evoked the sensitivity of youth, the suffering of the artist, the idea of a hero too full of love to live. When it was first published in Germany, in 1774, The Sorrows of Young Werther created a sensation. Banned and condemned but embraced—especially by the young—it has continued to captivate.Now Burton Pike’s startlingly new translation expresses as never before all the anguish, ideas, and ardor of this seminal, iconic novel. And his Introduction reveals both Goethe’s inspirations and his influence—on works ranging from Madame Bovary to Frankenstein and beyond.Here is the classic story of Werther, a young man “seeking the infinite” in an art he cannot master and a woman he cannot have—the prototype of the Romantic hero in a work that anticipated the Romantic Age. Here is a bold new look at a masterpiece that has changed lives and, like its beloved hero, will never grow old.
language: English
title: The Sorrows of Young Werther
titlecomplete: The Sorrows of Young Werther
characters: Werther, Charlotte (The Sorrows of Young Werther), Albert (The Sorrows of Young Werther)
genres: Romanticism, Romance, Fiction, Germany, German Literature, Literature, School, Classics, Novels, 18th Century
ratings_count: 123811
places: Germany, Wahlheim
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης
category: Στέλλα Νικολούδη
publisher: Modern Library