Blessed Longing: Selected Poems of J.W. Goethe

by Tim Joyce and Keith Stanton

Not a mere compilation, Blessed Longing traces the development of Goethe's lyric poetry as an organic-dynamic unity, through numerous representative samples of both well known and more intimate occasional poems. The translations are in verse and reflect as accurately as possible the rich diversity of Goethe's own meter, while dispensing with the restrictive artifice of rhyme to avoid the occasional "stuffiness" of traditional translations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1425169228
• ISBN13: 9781425169220
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"