GOETHE JOHANN-WOLFGANG. VON

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Η ΝΥΜΦΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΑ ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΑ

Ο ΠΕΝΗΝΤΑΡΗΣ
Με το έργο αυτό, ο Γκαίτε θέτει ερωτήματα για τη σημασία και τις επιπτώσεις του γήρατος στην κοινωνία και προβλέπει προφητικά, πριν από διακόσια χρόνια, ότι ο συνδυασμός της ματαιοδοξίας και της τεχνολογίας θα έχει σημαντικές επιπτώσεις στις οικογενειακές και κοινωνικές δομές, όπως διαπιστώνουμε σήμερα στις προηγμένες δυτικές χώρες με τα οξυμένα δημογραφικά προβλήματα και τα παραπαίοντα συστήματα κοινωνικής ασφάλισης. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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(P/B) WILHELM MEISTER
Seduced by the chimerical world of the theatre and taking upon himself the grand ambition of becoming a successful performer and dramatist, the merchant's son Wilhelm Meister embarks on a tumultuous quest of self-discovery. Along his path he finds himself having to negotiate love, desire and the need to face up to his own past and responsibilities. A landmark in the history of European literature, Goethe's novel is not only one of the key works of Weimar Classicism and the prototype for the Bildungsroman genre, but also a timeless tale of ...
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ΦΑΟΥΣΤ

ΦΑΟΥΣΤ
(Το βιβλιαράκι - πρόγραμμα που εκδόθηκε για την παράσταση του Αμφι-θεάτρου Σπύρου Ευαγγελάτου, περιλαμβάνει ολόκληρο το θεατρικό έργο). Ο Φάουστ είναι ένας "κυνηγός" του απόλυτου, ζητάει την πλήρη γήινη ευτυχία καί συγχρόνως την ανίχνευση των αχανών οριζόντων του απείρου, την αναμέτρηση με το Άγνωστο, την ταύτιση με την Υπέρτατη Δύναμη. Σοφός Ο ίδιος τινάζει από πάνω του την συμβατική σοφία για να δοθεί στη διερεύνηση των εσχατιών της σημασίας του κόσμου, σ' ένα πεδίο οπού ή συμβατική γνώση είναι άχρηστη. Η τραγωδία του Φάουστ είναι αδιαν...
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Ο ΜΑΘΗΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ ΜΑΓΟΣ

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(P/B) THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER
You only find true love once. When Werther dances with the beautiful Lotte, it seems as though he is in paradise. It is a joy, however, that can only ever be short-lived. Engaged to another man, she tolerates Werther's adoration and encourages his friendship. She can never return his love. Broken-hearted, he leaves her home in the country, trying to escape his own desire. But when he receives a letter telling him that she is finally married, his passion soon turns to destructive obsession. And as his life falls apart, Werther is haunted by...
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ΤΟΡΚΟΥΑΤΟ ΤΑΣΣΟ
"Eίχα στο μυαλό μου τη ζωή του Τάσσο και μαζί τη δική μου ζωή και καθώς συσχέτισα δύο τόσο ιδιόρρυθμες φιγούρες με τις ιδιαιτερότητές τους, γεννήθηκε μέσα μου η εικόνα του Τάσσο, στον οποίο αντιπαρέθεσα την πεζή ιδιοσυγκρασία του Αντόνιο, για την οποία είχα άφθονα πρότυπα". (Γκέτε, Συνομιλίες με τον Έκκερμαν, 6 Μαιου 1827) Ο Τορκουάτο Τάσσο, έργο το οποίο ο ίδιος ο Γκαίτε χαρακτηρίζει "σάρκα εκ της σαρκός του και οστούν εκ των οστέων του" και το οποίο σημαδεύει το αργό αλλά αποφασιστικό πέρασμα του συγγραφέα από την εξέγερση του Sturm und...
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(P/B) THE MAN OF FIFTY
Arriving at the family manor, the major scarcely recognises his tall and elegant niece as she rushes to greet him. Surprise soon turns to satisfaction as he learns that she has confessed to being in love with him - and he a fifty-year-old man! Instantly aware of his ageing appearance, and of the youthful looks of those around him, he determines to try every lotion and tincture, pomade and balsam to transform himself into a suitable lover for a young girl. But before he can enjoy his new-found joie de vivre, he must first make his confessio...
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(P/B) THE GOETHE LIBRARY (VOLUME 11)
Containing three of Goethe's major prose works, this volume explores a range of themes: unfulfilled love, infidelity, divorce, tragic love, fantasy, and moral rebirth. One of Goethe's best known works, The Sorrows of Young Werther, explores the extremes of the subjective experience through the novel's depiction of a sensitive young man caught up in a love impossible to fulfill. In Elective Affinities, a novel of tragic love, Goethe employs all the requisites of sentimental romance to give a deeply ironic perspective to the idea of love. As...
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(P/B) GOETHE: POEMS

(P/B) THE GOETHE LIBRARY (VOLUME 2)
Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-day English, and Goethe's formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE GOETHE LIBRARY (VOLUME 10)
Goethe was a master of the short prose form. His two narrative cycles, Conversations of German Refugees and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, both written during a high point of his career, address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas, Conversations of German Refugees deals with the impact and significance of the French Revolution and suggests Goethe's ideas on the social function of his art. Goethe's last novel, Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, is a seque...
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(P/B) THE GOETHE LIBRARY (VOLUME 1)
This new series brings into modern English a reliable translation of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's vast body of work. This edition, selected from over 140 volumes in German, is the new standard in English, and contains poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing by the man who is probably the most influential writer in the German language. The executive editors of this collection are Victor Lange of Princeton University, Eric Blackall of Cornell University, and Cyrus Hamlin of Yale Universit...
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(P/B) THE GOETHE LIBRARY (VOLUME 3)
The reflections on art and literature that Goethe produced throughout his life are the premise and corollary of his work as poet, novelist, and man of science. This volume contains such important essays as "On Gothic Architecture," "On the Laocoon Group," and "Shakespeare: A Tribute." Several works in this collection appear for the first time unabridged and in fresh translations. (From the publisher)...
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THE GERMAN REFUGEES