The Harvard Classics Goethe Johann W Von Faust Part I Egmont Hermann And Dorothea Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331621235
Total Pages : 438 pages
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Download or read book The Harvard Classics, Vol. 19 written by Charles William Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Harvard Classics, Vol. 19: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Faust, Part I; Egmont; Hermann and Dorothea; Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus; With Introductions and Notes Johann wolfgang von goethe, the greatest of German men of letters, was born at frankfort-ou-the-main, August 28, 1749. His father was a man of means and position, and he personally supervised the early education of his son. The young Goethe studied at the universities of Leipsic and Strasburg, and in 1772 entered upon the practise of law at Wetzlar. At the' ih vitation of Karl August, Duke of saxe-weimar, he went in 1775 to live in Weimar, where he held a succession of political ofl'lces, becoming the Duke's chief adviser. from 1786 to 1788 he trav eled in Italy, and from 1791 to 1817 directed the ducal theater at Weimar. He took part in the wars against France, 1792-3, and in the following year began his friendship with Schiller, which lasted till the latter's death in 1805. In 1806 he married Christiane Vulpins. From about 1794 he devoted himself chiefly to literature, and after a life of extraordinary productiveness died at W cimar, March 22, 1832. The most important of Goethe's works produced before he went to Weimar were his tragedy Go'tz von Berlichingen which first brought him fame, and The Sorrows of Young W erther, a novel which obtained enormous popularity during the so-called Sturm und Drang periqd. During the years at Weimar before he knew Schiller he began Wilhelm M eister, wrote the dramas, Iphi genie, Egmont, and Torquato Tasso, and his Reinecke Fuchs. To the period of his friendship with Schiller belong the continuation of Wilhelm Meister, the beautiful idyl of Her mann and Dorothea, and the Roman Elegies. In the last period, between Schiller's death in 1805 and his own, appeared Faust, Elective A fiinities, his autobiographical Dichtung and Wahrheit (poetry and his Italian Journey, much scientific work, and a series of treatises on German Art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.