Iphigenia in Tauris (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834)
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1794. The German poet, dramatist, novelist, translator, scientist and musician, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a master of world literature, the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister and Faust. Goethe has rewritten Euripides's Iphigenia in Tauris into a rather amazing celebration of how one pure woman could heal the insanity and evils of the pagan past, symbolized by the dysfunctional House of Atreus as well as by King Thoas, whose notion of hospitality was to sacrifice passing strangers to his god. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Consider these titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Goethe, Gotz von Berlichingen: A Play (ISBN 088133541X); Hauptmann, Three Plays [The Weavers, Hannele, and The Beaver Coat] (ISBN 0881335401); Novalis, Henry von Ofterdingen: A Novel (ISBN 0881335746); and Plenzdorf, The New Sufferings of Young W. (ISBN 0881338915).
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Iphigenia in Tauris (Revolution and Romanticism, 1789-1834),Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe,Woodstock Books,185477235X,Drama,General,Iphigenia (Greek mythology),Literary Criticism,Literature: Classics
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