West-Eastern Divan - Complete, Annotated New Translation (bilingual edition)

In 1814, Goethe read the poems of the great fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz in a newly published translation by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. The book was a revelation. He called Hafiz his twin and was immediately inspired to create a Divan of his own. At the same time he met Marianne von Willemer, with whom he rapidly fell in love. She became the Suleika to his Hatem and a conversation begun with Hafiz blossomed into a duet for two lovers. In this much awaited new translation, Eric Ormsby's clear prose is accompanied by explanatory notes of both the verse in German and in English and of Goethe's own commentary, the 'Notes and Essays for a Better Understanding of the West-Eastern Divan'.

About the author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher. He is the author of many works, most famously the poetic drama, Faust. Eric Ormsby is a translator, scholar of Islamic thought, and senior research associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies. He has published seven poetry collections and two critical works on poetry and translation.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Ormsby, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johanne Wolfgangs Von Goethe
• Assisted by: Eric Ormsby (Translation)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781909942554
• ISBN: 978-1-909942-55-4
• No. of pages: 638
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 57 mm x 197 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies