First German Reader (eBook, ePUB)

A Beginner's Dual-Language Book
Redaktion: Steinhauer, Harry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Designed expressly for the beginning German language student, here is an outstanding collection of fifty-two short stories, poems, essays, and anecdotes. Each selection has been specially chosen for its power to evoke German life and culture. This dual-language edition features precise English translations on pages that face the original German text. New students will enjoy the pleasure of reading great German literature from the very first page, as the selections have been arranged to accommodate the gradual improvement of language skills. Helpful vocabulary and language exercises are also included.

First German Reader features the works of many of Germany's best writers, including Goethe, Hesse, Heine, Schiller, Hölderlin, and other literary virtuosos. The translations of Harry Steinhauer are vivid and true to the originalsand poetic in their own right. Literature lovers, German language students, and other readers will find this volume an accessible exploration of German literature . . . and an invaluable aid to mastering the German language.

Dover (2007) unabridged republication of the edition published by Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1964. 224pp. 53/8 x 81/2. Paperbound.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486119564
• Artikelnr.: 39138012

Autorenporträt

A native of Cracow, Poland, Harry Steinhauer was Professor Emeritus and Founding Chair of the Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies Department at the University of Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Johann Gottfried Herder
Life 2. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The Phoenix 3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wanderer's Night Song 4. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The Benefactions 5. Albrecht Goes
The Steps 6. Johann Peter Hebel
Gratitude and Ingratitude of Children 7. Brüder Grimm
The Little Peasant in Heaven 8. Hermann Hesse
In the Mist 9. Hermann Hesse
Trees 10. Walter Bauer
Yearning for What 11. Brüder Grimm
The Life Span 12. On Germany: 1. Country and People 13. Wilhelm Schmidtbonn
The Ferryman and the Monk 14. Thoughts I 15. Heinrich Heine
There Was an Old King 16. On Germany: 2. Economics 17. Otto Ludwig
Fortune and Misfortune 18. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lynkeus' Song 19. Walter Bauer
Bach 20. On Germany: 3. The Social Structure; 4. Culture 21. Thoughts II 22. Wilhelm Müller
The Linden Tree 23. The Dangers of Translating 24. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
May Song 25. Fritz Mauthner
The School of Giving and the School of Taking 26. Eduard Mörike
September Morning 27. About the German Language 28. Walter Bauer
Kant 29. Wilhelm Busch
The Indispensable One 30. On Germany: 5. Art; 6. Balance Sheet 31. Eduard Mörike
Seclusion 32. Thoughts III 33. Goethe 34. Peter Rosegger
When Winter Comes 35. Walter Bauer
Martin Luther 36. Theodor Storm
Close Both My Eyes 37. Kurt Tucholsky
What We Are Proud of in Europe 38. Heinrich Heine
The Silesian Weavers 39. Johann Peter Hebel
Kannitverstan 40. German Philosophy 41. Friedrich von Schiller
The Glove 42. Peter Bamm
In Memoriam Rockefeller 43. Matthias Claudius
Of Friendship 44. Paul Ernst
The Bed 45. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Autumnal Feeling 46. Waldemar Bonsels
The Grasshopper 47. William Shakespeare
Hamlet's Monologue 48. Thoughts IV 49. Herbert Eulenberg
Walt Whitman 50. August Graf von Platen
Tristan 51. Ludwig Börne
On Social Intercourse 52. Friedrich Hölderlin
The Half of Life Notes Questions Vocabulary

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