Mozart's Journey To Prague And Selected Poems

Informationen zum Autor Eduard Morike was born in Ludwigsburg in 1804. He was a Protestant pastor before teaching literature at a seminary in Stuttgart. He spent the last decade of his life in increasing solitude, keen to avoid the fame his writing had brought him. David Luke is an Emeritus Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. His translation of Faust won the European Poetry Translation Prize. Klappentext Eduard Mörike's delightfully high-spirited 1855 novella is an imaginary re-creation of the journey Mozart made from Vienna to Prague in 1787 to conduct the first performance of Don Giovanni. Set in the rococo world of the Bohemian nobility! the story paints an unforgettable picture of Mozart's creative genius-its playful heights and its terrible depths. Mörike's own lyrical powers are also displayed in his poetry! which combines classicism and romanticism with elements of the traditional folk and fairy tale. For more than seventy years! Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1!700 titles! Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors! as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung This is a novella based on imaginary incidents that befall Mozart on his journey to Prague for a performance of Don Giovanni. The text also offers selected poems by Morike, combining classicism, romanticism and fairy tale.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Luke, Eduard Moerike, Eduard Morike, Eduard Friedrich Morike, Eduard Mörike
• Con la collaborazione di: David Luke (Introduzione), David Luke (Traduzione)
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780140447378
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044737-8
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Essays, POETRY / General, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Classic fiction, POETRY / European / German, Classic fiction: literary and general, Poetry / poems by individual poets