Verse Plays and EpicThis volume presents the four plays and the narrative poem that, along with Faust, established Goethe as one of the masters of European verse drama and epic. These works in particular display a balance between poetic form and ethical sensibility that characterizes much of Goethe's work during the era of Weimar Classicism. Here we are offered new translations of the dramas Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso, The Natural Daughter, and Pandora and of the epic poem Hermann and Dorothea. |
Contents
Iphigenia in Tauris | 1 |
Torquato Tasso | 55 |
The Natural Daughter | 141 |
Pandora | 217 |
Hermann and Dorothea | 247 |
Postscript | 309 |
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ABBÉ Aegisthus Agamemnon ALFONSO ANTONIO apothecary ARCAS arms Atreus banish blessing bring brother child Clytemnestra dare daughter dear death deeds delight DUKE ELPORE EPIMELEIA EPIMETHEUS EUGENIA eyes fate father favour fear feel forgive fortune garland gaze gift girl give glad gladly gods Goethe Goethe's GOVERNESS hand happiness hear heart Hermann Hermann and Dorothea honour hope IPHIGENIA Iphigenia in Tauris king leave LEONORA Leonora Sanvitale lips live look MAGISTRATE Michael Hamburger mind mother never noble once ORESTES pain Pandora parson PHILEROS play pleasure praise priestess PRINCESS PROMETHEUS PYLADES quickly rescue round sacred SCENE SECRETARY seems silent sister soon sorrow soul speak spirit spoke stand stranger sweet TASSO tell there's things THOAS thought Thyestes Torquato Tasso treasure trust turn walked Weimar Classicism What's wish woman words worthy young youth