{"product_id":"9780486120560","title":"103 Great Poems: A Dual-Language Book","description":"Generally considered Germany's greatest literary figure, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) produced a large body of fine literary work that includes novels, plays, stories, scientific treatises, travel accounts, and much other prose. Perhaps at his greatest as a poet, he was the author of numerous exceptionally fine lyric poems, ballads, and elegies.\u003cbr\u003eThis convenient dual-language edition, spanning a wide range of styles, forms, and moods, allows readers to savor a rich selection of the poet's verse in the original German — from \"An den Sclaf\" (\"To Sleep\"), written when he was 18, to his last great poem, \"Vermächtnis\" (\"Legacy\"), written when he was 80. Several poems from the 1819 volume West-östlicher Divan (Occidental-Oriental Divan) are presented. Excellent line-for-line English translations on facing pages accompany such masterworks as \"Prometheus,\" typical of the Sturm and Drang (storm and stress) period; \"Rastlose Liebe\" (\"Restless Love\") and \"An den Mond\" (\"To the Moon\"), lyric pieces of intense beauty; and the narrative ballads \"Der Fischer\" (\"The Fisherman\") and \"Erlkönig\" (\"Elf King\"). Included among the 96 other works are these poems: \"Auf dem See\" (\"On the Lake\"); \"Zigeunerlied\" (\"Gypsy Song\"); \"Jägers Abendlied\" (\"Huntsman's Evening Song\"); \"Grenzen der Menschheit\" (\"Limitations of Humanity\"); \"Der Zauberiehrling\" (\"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\"); and \"An Werther\" (\"To Werther\").\u003cbr\u003eFor this edition, translator Stanley Appelbaum has provided an informative introduction and a commentary on each poem, which will prove invaluable to students, teachers, and general readers.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122725568752,"sku":"9780486120560","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486120560_p0.jpg?v=1763707987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486120560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}