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A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, a classic in a new translation for the first time in 150 years Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated...

First complete translation into English of 'Maximem und Reflexionen' Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre...

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Penguin Classics relaunch. Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Though he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is...

R. J. Hollingdale's translation conveys the simple elegance of the original. Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the...

This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in Penguin Classics This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in penguin classics and replaces...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grand tradition of Western literature's most audacious bargains, Faust: Part Two picks up where the legendary...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn slipcase with minor bruise.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Italian Journey chronicles his transformative two-year sojourn through Italy, a period...

Goethe's famous account of his time and travels in Italy In 1786, when he was already the acknowledged leader of the Sturm und Drang literary movement, Goethe set out on...

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The cleft of a ginkgo leaf recalls a lover's divided self; Greek gods and Persian poets give voice to euphoria and lamentation; and the artist must battle fiercely to bring...

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A major new translation of Goethe's Faust, Part Two - one of the greatest dramatic-poetic works in all of German literature - by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine In...

"Greenberg has accomplished a magnificent literary feat. He has taken a great German work, until now all but inaccessible to English readers, and made it into a sparkling English poem,...

A major new translation by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine that captures the lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant...

A major new translation by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine that captures the lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant...

Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by John R. Williams. Goethe's 'Faust' is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for...

A major new translation of Goethe's Faust, Part Two - one of the greatest dramatic-poetic works in all of German literature - by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine In...

'I have nothing to declare,' Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius.' A good part of that genius is evident in the essays and poems included in...

In this unique selection popular giants of the Romantic movement - Goethe, Schiller, Schlegel, Heine - are joined by an array of poets who deserve a wider audience in English,...

Schiller's famous treatise on art, politics and society 'The artist is certainly the child of his age, but all the worse for him if he is at the same time...

A compelling argument for the necessity of art in life. A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek...

A captivating collection of Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal works, from his provocative musings on truth and morality to his profound exploration of human existence "In this volume, one may very conveniently...

An excellent companion to our edition of H lderlin's Selected Poems and Fragments, this collection of prose and letters introduces the reader to the man behind the art One of...

Volume 2 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought Arthur...

Seen as the original Existentialist, Kierkegaard transformed philosophy with his conviction that we must all create our own nature. Fear and Trembling, his great work of religious anxiety portraying Abraham's...

Translated with an introduction by Alstair Hannay Writing under the pseudonym of Johannes de silentio, Kierkegaard uses the form of a dialectical lyric to present his conception of faith. Abraham...

Paradise Lost, The Canterbury Tales, Don Quixote: great literature can be read by anyone, with a little help. Anthony O'Hear leads the way with this captivating journey through two-and-a- half...

A passionately argued work on the philosophy of aesthetics No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects...

The winner of a 1988 Somerset Maugham Award, this is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits from an era of tumultuous change in Europe as it was experienced and communicated by...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner. A landmark anthology of dramatic literature, The Genius...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping treasury of one of literature's most brilliant and irreverent voices, this comprehensive collection gathers the full range of Oscar Wilde's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the crossroads of biography and literary criticism stands The Egotistical Sublime, a landmark scholarly work that traces the inner...

What was German Naturalism? What were its achievements? How does it compare with its counterparts in other European countries? These are some of the difficult questions addressed by John Osborne...

Rousseau's autobiography, giving a unique insight into the mind and life of one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is...

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Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: British Empire issue, with the publisher's label affixed to...

Author: Johann Wolfgang TextorBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 1998Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSynopsis Of The Law Of Nations presents a...