David Luke Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Drawn from German folklore, dark, fantastical fairy tales of wicked deeds, gruesome punishment and just rewards.

Making his way to Prague for the opening of Don Giovanni, Mozart playfully tries to steal an orange from a family garden but he is caught. Soon, he finds himself forgiven and welcomed by the family, and when they reveal it is their daughter's wedding, there can only be one guest of honour - Mozart himself.

'Shall I embrace you, must I let you go? Again you haunt me: come then, hold me fast!' Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical and the works selected in this volume represent over sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as 'Prometheus' he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervour, while 'To the Moon' is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a love affair. The Roman Elegies show Goethe's use of Classical metres in homage to abcient Rome and its poets, and 'The Diary' , supressed for more than a century, is a narrative poem whose eroticism is unusually combined with its morality. Arranged chronologically, David Luke's verse translations are set alonjgside the German orginals to give a picture of Goethe's poetic development. This edition also includes an introduction and notes placing the poems in the context of the poet's life and times.

Death in Venice is a story of obsession. Gustave von Aschenbach is a successful but aging writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel. Soon his days begin to revolve around seeing this boy and he is too distracted to pay attention to the ominous rumors that have begun to circulate about disease spreading through the city. Available exclusively from Vintage Classics.

Goethe scrisse per oltre 60 anni il suo Faust, definendo "questi molto seri scherzi" il suo "principale affare". Ne derivò una delle opere più grandiose e complesse della letteratura mondiale, interpretata come tragedia umana, mistero religioso e, in particolare nel Secondo Parte, come una profetica avvertenza sui pericoli dei moderni processi economici. L'opera esplora temi come la ricerca del significato, il conflitto tra il bene e il male, e la tensione tra aspirazioni umane e limiti morali. Attraverso il patto di Faust con Mefistofele, Goethe affronta la questione della conoscenza e del potere, interrogandosi sulle conseguenze delle scelte umane. La narrazione si sviluppa in un contesto ricco di simbolismo e riferimenti culturali, rendendo il testo un'opera fondamentale per comprendere la condizione umana e le sfide del progresso.

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