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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...tragic situations; that fate on the other hand should always be terrible, and become in the highest degree tragic, when it confounds the guilty and guiltless in one common ruin. These reflections led them back to the consideration of the wonderful character of Hamlet, and the peculiarities of that tragedy. They admitted that the hero was a creature of sentiment rather than of action, that events alone impel him forward, and therefore that the plav possessed somewhat the characteristics of a novel. But inasmuch as the plan is sketched by the hand of Fate, commencing with a fearful deed, and the hero is ever urged on to the accomplishment of a deed of terror, the play becomes in the highest degree tragic, and can have no other than a tragic termination. They resolved now to commence their reading rehearsals, an employment to which Wilhelm had looked forward with the greatest delight. He had long since collated the different parts of the play, so that his task was rendered comparatively easy. All the actors were familiar with the piece, and it was therefore only necessary to convince them of the importance of these reading rehearsals before they took them in hand. As it is expected that every musician should, to some extent, be competent to play at sight, so every actor and indeed every educated man, should possess the art of reading from the book, and of seizing the spirit of a play, a poem, or a narrative, and he should be able to read them aloud with ease and elegance. It will answer no end to learn a piece by heart, if the actor cannot penetrate into the sense and meaning of his author--the mere letter will avail nothing. Serlo promised to excuse the attendance of the performers at all the acting rehearsals, even at the concluding one,...
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The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid 1700's who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization.
About the Author:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a towering figure in German literature, was the author of "The Sorrows of Young Werther, Faust, Italian Journey, The Theory of Colours" (MIT Press edition, 1970), and many other works.
The German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, scientist, and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ranks among the greatest authors of Western literature. His best known writings include "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (his first novel) and "Faust" (a drama in two parts).
The German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, scientist, and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ranks among the greatest authors of Western literature. His best known writings include "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (his first novel) and "Faust" (a drama in two parts).
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230304991
- ISBN 13 9781230304991
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages206
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