Elective Affinities by J W Von Goethe
Charlotte and Eduard, aristocrats with little to occupy them, invite Ottilie and the Captain into their lives and are overwhelmed by what ensues. Goethe conducts experiments with his characters - in such repressive circumstances is any life worthy the name possible? Elective Affinities is a highly disturbing study of marriage and passion by Germany's greatest Romantic writer.
'as a study of marital relations and adultery it is strangely topical, with a pitiless psychological insight which is close to Laclos and the French school' Brian Fallon, Irish Times
'David Constantine has struck a readable tone that sets the novel in its time without pasticheThanks to the fluidity of Constantine's prose, Goethe's story succeeds .... in fascinating and moving us. Constantine has caught the crispness of Goethe's descriptive language. ' Albert Manguel, Observer
'... superbly translated' Nicholas Boyle Journal of European Studies, XXIV (1994)
'David Constantine has struck a readable tone that sets the novel in its time without pasticheThanks to the fluidity of Constantine's prose, Goethe's story succeeds .... in fascinating and moving us. Constantine has caught the crispness of Goethe's descriptive language. ' Albert Manguel, Observer
'... superbly translated' Nicholas Boyle Journal of European Studies, XXIV (1994)
David Constantine is a Fellow in German at The Queen's College, Oxford. He is a poet (published by Bloodaxe) and translator as well as being an Oxford academic.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199555369 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199555362 |
| Title | Elective Affinities |
| Author | J W Von Goethe |
| Series | Oxford World's Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2008-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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