| Goethe: The Sorrows of Young Werther Contributor(s): Swales, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521316995 ISBN-13: 9780521316996 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1987 Annotation: Werther was an extraordinary and immediate bestseller both in Germany and abroad. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 87011757 |
| Series: Landmarks of World Literature (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5" W x 8" (0.33 lbs) 132 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |