Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Constantine, David, 1944-

Description

1. xxxv, 118 pages; 20 cm

Summary

1. The Sorrows of Young Werther propelled Goethe to instant fame when it first appeared in 1774. Goethe's story of a sensitive young artist--an alienated youth of searching introspection and passionate intensity--captured the Romantic sensibility of the day and led to a wave of imitations. Translated by the award-winning author David Constantine, this new edition captures the novel's lyric clarity and powerful immediacy. In addition, Constantine's critical introduction sheds light on the autobiographical background, the novel's epistolary form and structure, and Werther's reception and afterlife. The explanatory notes illuminate contemporary allusions, literary references, and the parallels with Goethe's life.

Series statement

1. Oxford world's classics

Uniform title

1. Leiden des jungen Werthers. English
2. Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Alternative title

1. Leiden des jungen Werthers.

Subject

1. Unrequited love > Fiction
2. Young men > Germany > Fiction
3. Amour malheureux > Romans, nouvelles, etc
4. Jeunes hommes > Allemagne > Romans, nouvelles, etc
5. Unrequited love
6. Young men
7. Germany
8. (fast)Unrequited love
9. (fast)Young men
10. (fast)Germany
11. (fast)Fiction

Genre/Form

1. Fiction
2. Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945.
3. Romans.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Note on the translation -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -- The sorrows of young Wether -- Explanatory notes.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Translated from the German.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxi).

Language (note)

1. Translated from the German.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain