This is to be the first verse translation of Goethe's poetry in penguin classics and replaces Luke's own 1964 prose translation which has been in print continously since then (life sales 43,000).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature. He gained fame early with The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774), but his most famous work was the poetic drama in two parts, Faust.
约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)(1749-1832)德国诗人,小说家,剧作家,朝臣和自然哲学家,西方文学中最伟大的人物之一。他在1774年因《年轻的人的悲痛》而声名fa起,但他著名的作品是两部诗集,《浮士德》。
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