{"product_id":"the-wanderers-song-essential-poems-9781805333401","title":"The Wanderer's Song: Essential Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh translation of the poetry of German Romantic and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth\" -- George Eliot \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, in this selection of his poetry, is a representation of Goethe's life from childhood to old age: full of travel, romantic fixations, curiosity, nostalgia, deep thought, and above all, writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoethe is undoubtedly Germany's greatest poet, as Shakespeare is England's. This fresh translation offers the reader an introduction to Goethe's genius. And what a genius! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNovelist, dramatist, philosopher and above all poet; a scientist with deep interests in Nature, in particular the human body, forestry, geology, botany and light; a courtier and in later life considered a sage, he was also a very frequent letter writer, no mean artist, and a man who was able throughout his life to renew and rejuvenate himself creatively, working out many of his life's problems through his writings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor English speakers he is probably best known as the author of \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e, a vast dramatic work mainly in verse which occupied him on and off throughout his long life, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel of youthful despair which became the sacred text of the Romantic movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume brings together his very personal lyric poetry, hewing as close to the original form, content, and rhyme schemes as possible in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805333401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072335540405,"sku":"9781805333401","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fc72a0a3-938d-46c7-a1d8-306f1261d198.jpg?v=1764688584","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wanderers-song-essential-poems-9781805333401","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}