These books have a good claim to have founded two of the major. He was thrown into poverty and exile when his patron ran afoul of the spanish authorities. Goethe paints a highly unflattering picture of tasso who lacks all humility and as it becomes progressively more obvious in the course of the play mental stability. Torquato tasso born on march 11, 1544, was the son of bernardo tasso, a member of the bergamasque nobility and the author of amadigi, a retelling of the spanish poem amadis. Torquato tasso quotes author of jerusalem delivered. Full text of goethe s torquato tasso see other formats. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The italian poet torquato tasso 15441595, author of gerusalemme liberata, the greatest epic poem written in italian, was the finest poet of his time. Alexander demetrius goltz kainz als torquato tasso 1910. Convinced of his own genius he sees no reason why he this is an interesting play by one great poet goethe who casts judgement on another torquato tasso. The play reads easily enough, and it is well constructed.
Title, date, language click on the title to show a detailed card and to read or download. His father bernardo tasso was a courtier for many years in the service of the prince of salerno. Available to thousands of major online and offline bookstores and retailers, certified resellers such as independent bookstores and book resellers, and libraries. List of works available at intratext this list contains only essential information.
I went to the tasso site last week, clicked on the english link, registered 3 pets, no problem. Page 185 tasso s antagonist is antonio who stands on the polar opposition to him, the man of practical understanding, of constant activity. Egli nacque nella citta campana di sorrento nel 1544. Torquato tasso, the first tragedy in european literature with a poet as its hero, which was written largely in 178889, though it had been begun in 1780. Obviously i prefer goethes sturm and stress period to his classical. Adam kirsch on the essential goethe and the german author of faust. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. I have been here 6 years and never knew about this. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Torquato tasso tasso, torquato, 15441595 the online.
But it isnt very exciting, and at least in english has no powerful lines. Goethes torquato tasso heaths german series by johann wolfgang goethe and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles. Torquato tasso and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Studienausgabe reclams universalbibliothek plachta, bodo, goethe, johann wolfgang isbn. Torquato tasso was born in sorrento in the kingdom of naples to a noble italian family. The composition of the play began in weimar in 1780 but most of it was written between 1786 and 1788, while goethe was in italy. Ich habe sie weggelassen, da sie an dieser stelle keinen text haben.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Goethe, johann wolfgang, dramen, torquato tasso, 2. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Tasso is obviously heartbroken from his imprisonment, but he points out.
Torquato tassos significant literary output reflects the eclectic interests of the renaissance intellectual and includes poetry, drama, theoretical works, dialogues, and religious compositions. Obviously i prefer goethe s sturm and stress period to his classical. He answers that a life in which he did not dream and compose would no longer be life to him. Goethe completed his renaissance drama torquato tasso 1790 on. Goethe drew on his own experience as a poet for tasso and as a civil servant for antonio. You may copy it,give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. John warren, 1821, also by jeremiah holmes wiffen and john russell russell page images at hathitrust. It is all in german, but simple enough to understand. Media relations in property by tasso, kim,norwood, graham and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. Antonio in the hour of crisis advises tasso to turn outward to the world. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Milton ranked the work alongside the iliad and the aeneid. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Media in category torquato tasso goethe the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. Lord byrons work narrates the period of time the poet torquato tasso spent in the st. Goethes play is very loosely based on an actual historical incident. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Tassos hero was the leader of the first crusade, godfrey of bouillon.
I have tags for all 3 pets and it was so easy, free was just a bonus. Torquato tasso by goethe and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Full text of goethes torquato tasso internet archive. Being a specimen of an intended new translation in english spenserian verse, with a prefatory dissertation on existing translations london.
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