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Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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By (author) Margaret Kirby
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:192 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153 |
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Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781585107407
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Classifications | Dewey:832.6 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
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Imprint |
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
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Publication Date |
5 September 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
While preserving the line structure of the German original and verbal echoes that permeate the poem, Margaret Kirby's translation of Faust I attempts to capture in unrhymed modern English the distinctive voices, wide metrical range, quick shifts in tone, comic and tragic registers, and other key stylistic elements of Goethe's greatest poetic and dramatic masterpiece.
Author Biography
Margaret Kirby has been a tutor at St. John's College since 1990.
Reviews"Kirby reproduces in simple, clear Englishand almost always line for linethe meaning of Goethe's German text, with metrical variations that evoke the shifting meters of the original." Jane Brown, University of Washington "Kirby reproduces in simple, clear Englishand almost always line for linethe meaning of Goethe's German text, with metrical variations that evoke the shifting meters of the original." Jane Brown, University of Washington
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