The sufferings of young Werther
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; a new translation, backgrounds and contexts, criticism ; translated and edited by Stanley Corngold
Contributors: Corngold, Stanley
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Norton critical edition
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780393935561
Subjects: Loss (Psychology); Despair; Psychology; Young men; Fiction; Unrequited love
Work titles: Werther
Description: "This . . . is a new annotated translation . . . in which Corngold follows the German text closely, never knowingly using a word that was not current in English at the time the novel was written. "Backgrounds and Contexts" contains letters and diary entries written by Goethe and Johann Christian Kestner, the husband of Charlotte Buff, as well as lampoons by Friedrich Nicolai and William Makepeace Thackeray, and excerpts from Goethe's Autobiography. 'Criticism' brings together critical selections by Harry Steinhauer, Roland Barthes, R. Ellis Dye, David Wellbery, and Hans Rudolf Vaget, as well as a piece translated for this edition by Dirk von Petersdorff, and a selection by Christine Frey and David Martyn, written for this edition. A Chronology of Goethe's life, and a Selected Bibliography, are also included"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.