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Goethe: The Sorrows of Young Werther (Landmarks of World Literature)

By Martin Swales

Book information

Year
1987
ISBN
9780511554032, 0521328187, 0521316995, 0511554036, 9780521316996, 9780521328180
LCC
PT1980 .S93 1987
Open Library ID
OL2383003M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
542 kB (555170 bytes)
Pages
132\128
Topic
Literature Literary
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The tradition of the German novel, before the emergence of its 'classic' writers in the first half of the twentieth century (Thomas Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Musil), does not have an assured place in the canon of European literature. Not that it has wanted for spirited advocates; but, despite all efforts, it has remained firmly on the periphery. The one signal exception is Goethe's novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers usually rendered as 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. Werther was an extraordinary and immediate bestseller both in Germany and abroad.

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