THE BRIDE OF CORINTH And Other Poems of Goethe IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN

Poet dramatist bestselling novelist statesman groundbreaking scientist devoted husband and lover: this was Germany's chief genius Johannes Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28 1749 - March 22 1832). Now the poems that established his lasting fame are available in fresh new modern translations by award-winning poet Ellin Anderson. The Bride of Corinth - undoubted ancestress of today's vampire craze - heads this rich sampler of poetic delicacies. Take a philosophical journey into the Harz Mountains meet an arrogant young sorcerer and delight in one of the briefest most evocative poems in the entire poetic canon. These works offer new insights into the mind of a man who was destined to define the age he lived in.