First German Reader: a Beginner's Dual-Language Book
✍ Scribed by Steinhauer, Harry
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
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, Hl̲derlin, and other literary virtuosos. The translations of Harry Steinhauer are vivid and true to the originals-and 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.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. DAS LEBEN; 2. DER PHONIX; 1. LIFE; 2. THE PHOENIX; 3. WANDERERS NACHTLIED; 4. DIE WOHLTATEN; 3. WANDERER'S NIGHT SONG; 4. THE BENEFACTIONS; 5. DIE SCHRITTE; 6. KINDESDANK UND UNDANK; 5. THE STEPS; 6. GRATITUDE AND INGRATITUDE OF CHILDREN; 7. DAS BÄUERLEIN* IM HIMMEL; 7. THE LITTLE PEASANT IN HEAVEN -- The Brothers Grimm; 8. IM NEBEL; 9. BÄUME; 8. IN THE MIST; 9. TREES; 10. MICH NACH DEM SEHNEND; 11. DIE LEBENSZEIT; 10. YEARNING FOR WHAT; 11. THE LIFE SPAN -- The Brothers Grimm; 12. ÜBER DEUTSCHLAND -- 1. LAND UND LEUTE.
✦ Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. DAS LEBEN
2. DER PHONIX
1. LIFE
2. THE PHOENIX
3. WANDERERS NACHTLIED
4. DIE WOHLTATEN
3. WANDERER'S NIGHT SONG
4. THE BENEFACTIONS
5. DIE SCHRITTE
6. KINDESDANK UND UNDANK
5. THE STEPS
6. GRATITUDE AND INGRATITUDE OF CHILDREN
7. DAS BÄUERLEIN* IM HIMMEL
7. THE LITTLE PEASANT IN HEAVEN --
The Brothers Grimm
8. IM NEBEL
9. BÄUME
8. IN THE MIST
9. TREES
10. MICH NACH DEM SEHNEND
11. DIE LEBENSZEIT
10. YEARNING FOR WHAT
11. THE LIFE SPAN --
The Brothers Grimm
12. ÜBER DEUTSCHLAND --
1. LAND UND LEUTE. 12. ON GERMANY --
1. COUNTRY AND PEOPLE13. DER FÄHRMANN UND DER MÖNCH
13. THE FERRYMAN AND THE MONK
14. GEDANKEN I
1. Hermann Hesse:
2. Friedrich von Schiller:
3. Ludwig Börne:
4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
14. THOUGHTS I
1. Hermann Hesse:
2. Friedrich von Schiller:
3. Ludwig Börne:
4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
15. ES WAR EIN ALTER KÖNIG
16. ÜBER DEUTSCHLAND --
2. WIRTSCHAFT
15. THERE WAS AN OLD KING
16. ON GERMANY --
2. ECONOMICS
17. GLÜCK UND UNGLÜCK
17. FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE
18. LIED DES LYNKEUS
19. BACH
18. LYNKEUS' SONG
19. BACH. 20. ÜBER DEUTSCHLAND --
3. DAS SOZIALE GEFÜGE20. ON GERMANY
3. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE
4. KULTUR
4. CULTURE
21. GEDANKEN II
5. Bertolt Brecht:
6. Christoph Martin Wieland:
21. THOUGHTS II
5. Bertolt Brecht:
6. Christoph Martin Wieland:
7. Jean Paul Richter:
8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
9. Friedrich Nietzsche:
10. Immanuel Kant:
11. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
7. Jean Paul Richter:
8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
9. Friedrich Nietzsche:
10. Immanuel Kant:
11. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
22. DER LINDENBAUM
12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 22. THE LINDEN TREE23. GEFAHREN DES ÜBERSETZENS
23. THE DANGERS OF TRANSLATING
24. MAILIED
24. MAY SONG
25. DIE SCHULE DES GEBENS UND DIE SCHULE DES NEHMENS
25. THE SCHOOL OF GIVING AND THE SCHOOL OF TAKING
26. SEPTEMBERMORGEN
27. VON DEUTSCHER SPRACHE
26. SEPTEMBER MORNING
27. ABOUT THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
ENTWICKLUNG DES HOCHDEUTSCHEN
HAUPTMERKMALE DES DEUTSCHEN
THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH GERMAN
CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF GERMAN
WORTSTELLUNG
ORTHOGRAPHIE UND AUSSPRACHE
DYNAMIK
WORD ORDER
SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION
DYNAMICS
ANSCHAULICHKEIT
DAS BESONDERE
VIVIDNESS
THE PARTICULAR. ZUSAMMENSETZUNGENWURZELGEBUNDENHEIT
COMPOUNDS
ATTACHMENT TO ROOTS
FREIHEIT DER SPRACHE
28. KANT
FREEDOM OF THE LANGUAGE
28. KANT
29. DER UNENTBEHRLICHE
30. ÜBER DEUTSCHLAND --
5. KUNST
29. THE INDISPENSABLE ONE
30. ON GERMANY
5. ART
6. BILANZ
6. BALANCE SHEET
31. VERBORGENHEIT
31. SECLUSION
32. GEDANKEN III
13. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
14. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
32. THOUGHTS III
13. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
14. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
15. Immanuel Kant:
16. Immanuel Kant:
33. GOETHE
15. Immanuel Kant:
16. Immanuel Kant:
33. GOETHE.
✦ Subjects
German language;German literature;Translations;;Readers;German language -- Readers;German literature -- Translations into English
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