The Goethe Page
( 1749 - 1832 )
Major Works
The Collected Works of Goethe, in twelve volumes, published by Princeton, 1993-1995, surely deserves to be called one of the publishing events of the 1990's. It presents a sampling of Goethe's work and offers new translations of those works which are most often read, while showing Goethe's amazing versatility. Titles listed below which appear in the Princeton Goethe are marked with a (P- vol#). Several titles are available in Oxford World's Classics and from Penguin Books.
New Songs ( 1770 ). ( P-1 is a selection from Goethe's verse. )
Götz von Berlichingen ( 1773 ). ( P-7 ).
The Sorrows of Young Werther ( 1774 ). ( P-11 ). On Line from Project Gutenberg.
Egmont ( 1787 - 88 ). ( P-7 ).
Iphigenia at Taurus ( 1787 ). ( P-8 ).
Torquato Tasso ( 1790 ). ( P-8 ).
Reinecke Fox ( 1794 ).
Roman Elegies ( 1795 ). ( P-1 ).
Venetian Epigrams ( 1796 ). ( P-1 ).
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship ( 1796 ). ( P-9 ).
Hermann and Dorothea ( 1797 ). ( P-8 ).
Faust I ( 1808 ). (P -2 ). Translated with notes by George Madison Priest. Knopf, 1941; 1969. Norton Critical Edition translation by Walter Arndt, edited by Cyrus Hamlin.
On Line from Spiritual Plays.
Elective Affinities ( 1809 ). ( P-11 ).
Poetry and Truth ( 1811; 1812; 1814 ). ( P-4 and 5 ).
Italian Journey ( 1816; 1817 ). ( P-6 ).
Parliament of East and West ( 1819 ). Lyrics.
Wilhelm Meister's Travels ( 1821; 1829 ). ( P-10 ).
Campaign in France ( 1822 ).
Novella ( 1828 ). ( P-11 ).
Faust II ( 1832 ). ( P-2 ).
About Goethe
Nicholas Boyle, Goethe: The Poet and the Age: The Poetry of Desire, 1749 - 1790, Volume I. Oxford, 1992.
A Goethe Page from Kirjasto.Sci-Fi.
A Seven-Site Goethe Ring.
Goethe Criticism from Internet Public Library.
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