West-Eastern Divan: Complete, Annotated New Translation (bilingual edition)

ISBN-13: 9781909942554 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 640 str.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Eric Ormsby

Opis

In this much anticipated new translation, Eric Ormsby's clear prose is accompanied by explanatory notes of Goethe's verse, in both German and English, and of his commentary, the 'Notes and Essays for a Better Understanding of the West-Eastern Divan'.

O autorze

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist, playwright and natural philosopher, considered one of the greatest figures in Western literature. His most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts; Eric Ormsby is a distinguished scholar in the field of Islamic Studies. He taught at McGill University where he was Professor and Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies.