by
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe,Anna Swanwick (Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Egmont is a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which he completed in 1788. Like his earlier 'Storm and Stress' play Götz von Berlichingen (1773), its dramaturgical structure is heavily influenced by Shakespearean tragedy; in contrast to the earlier work, Egmont's portrait of the downfall...