Faust Part One ( Translated by Randell Jarrell)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

ISBN 10: 0374164770 / ISBN 13: 9780374164775

Published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, NYNY, 2000

About this Item

Translated by Randall Jarrell first illustrated edition so stated Clean tight fresh as new copy in like jacket. No remainder or other markings. Appears unread. Size: 12mo.

Seller Inventory # 12058

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faust Part One ( Translated by Randell Jarrell)
• Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux, NYNY
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374164770
• ISBN 13: 9780374164775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Peter Sis
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry
  • Germany

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Synopsis

Randall Jarrell's translation of Goethe's classic, illustrated with extraordinary new drawings by Peter Sis

Randall Jarrell's translation of Faust is one of his most important achievements. In 1957 he inscribed Goethe's motto on the first page of his notebook: "Ohne Hast aber ohne Rast" ("Without haste but without rest"), and from then until his death in 1965 he worked on the masterpiece of his "own favorite daemon, dear good great Goethe." His intent was to make the German poetry free, unrhymed poetry in English. He all but finished the job before he died, and the few lines that remained untouched--Gretchen's Spinning Song--were rendered into English by Robert Lowell.

This elegant new edition features numerous beautiful line drawings by the renowned Czech artist, Peter Sis, author of the award-winning books The Starry Messenger and Tibet: Through the Red Box.

About the Author

Randall Jarrell (1914-65) was a prolific poet, critic, and translator. His Complete Poems are available from FSG.