Golden Goblet
Subtitle: Selected Poems of Goethe
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781941920794
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Description: Traces Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poetry from the idealism of youth to the liberation of maturity. In contrast to his rococo contemporaries, Goethe's poetry draws on the graceful simplicity of German folk rhythms to develop complex, transcendent themes. This robust selection, artfully translated by Zsuzsanna Ozsva th and Frederick Turner, explores transformation, revolution, and illumination in Goethe's lush lyrical style that forever altered the course of German literature.