Research Catalog

Title

The sorrows of young Werther / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Constantine.

Author

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

Publication

• Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
• ©2012

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Details

Additional Authors

Constantine, David, 1944-

Description

xxxv, 118 pages; 20 cm

Summary

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

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Leiden des jungen Werthers.

Subjects

• Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945
• Fiction
• Young men > Germany > Fiction
• Unrequited love > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fiction
• Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945.
• Romans.

Note

• Translated from the German.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxi).

Language (note)

• Translated from the German.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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

ISBN

• 9780199583027
• 0199583021

LCCN

2011939885

OCLC

• 752069007
• SCSB-12101430

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library