Name: Erotic Poems (Oxford World’S Classics)
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ISBN: 9780199549726

portada Erotic Poems (Oxford World’S Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Translated by

David Luke

Introduction by

Hans Rudolf Vaget

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN

0199549729

ISBN13

9780199549726

Edition No.

Synopsis "Erotic Poems (Oxford World’S Classics)"

Editorial censorship has long obscured Goethe's Roman Elegies, which were inspired by Goethe's sexual liberation in Italy and his love for the woman he took as his unofficial wife on his return to Germany. They are here presented as Goethe boldly conceived them, together with the long-supressed narrative poem known as The Diary. Completing the edition is a selection from Goethe's more light-hearted and much censored cycle of erotica, the Venetian Epigrams. An illuminating Introduction by Hans Vaget provides the background to these poems, as well as showing some of the profound and little-known connections between them. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Poeta, novelista, dramaturgo, científico y político alemán. En la Universidad de Estrasburgo conoció a Herder, quien lo introdujo a las obras de Shakespeare y a quien ayudó después a crear el movimiento romántico alemán Sturm und Drang. En 1775 Carlos Augusto, heredero del ducado de Sajonia-Weimar, invitó a Goethe a vivir y trabajar en Weimar, que entonces era uno de los centros intelectuales y literarios de Alemania. Allí desarrolló una brillante carrera política que finalmente abandonó para dedicarse a viajar y a escribir. Es uno de mayores exponentes literarios del Romanticismo y para muchos el escritor más importante que han dado las letras alemanas.

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