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Goethe: Life as a Work of Art

Author : Rüdiger Safranski
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0871404915
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Goethe: Life as a Work of Art written by Rüdiger Safranski and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “splendid biography” (Wall Street Journal) of Goethe presents his life and work as an essential touchstone for the modern age. A masterful intellectual portrait, Goethe: Life as a Work of Art is celebrated as the seminal twenty-first-century biography of the writer considered to be the Shakespeare of German literature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), a remarkably prolific poet, playwright, novelist, and—as Rüdiger Safranksi emphasizes—a statesman and naturalist, first awakened not only a burgeoning German nation but the European continent with his electrifying novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Safranski has scoured Goethe’s entire oeuvre, relying exclusively on primary sources, including his correspondence with contemporaries, to produce a “fresh and authentic” (Economist) portrait of the avatar of the Romantic era. Skillfully blending “artistic analysis with swift, sharp renderings” of the great political and intellectual figures Goethe encountered, “[Safranski’s] portrait of the prolific genius leaves the reader with lasting awe, even envy” of a monumental legacy (The New Yorker). As Safranski ultimately shows, Goethe’s greatest creation, even in comparison to his masterpiece Faust, was his own life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Author : Jeremy Adler
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789142539
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written by Jeremy Adler and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new critical biography provides a complete picture of German novelist, playwright, and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Offering fresh, thought-provoking interpretations of all Goethe’s major works, including novels such as The Sorrows of Young Werther and The Elective Affinities, plays such as Egmont and Iphigenia in Tauris, and Goethe’s greatest work, Faust, Jeremy Adler also provides many original readings of Goethe’s poetry, beginning with the poems written in his early youth. Alongside Goethe’s work, Adler analyzes the incidents of his life, including his love affairs and his meetings with the luminaries of his age, such as Napoleon Bonaparte. Uniquely, Adler also shows how Goethe’s encyclopedic interest in literature, science, philosophy, law, and many other fields became important for a wide range of later scientists and thinkers. Among the figures he influenced were Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, Émile Durkheim and Susan Sontag. Goethe has often been called the last Renaissance man. This biography shows that Goethe was in fact the first of the moderns—a maker of modernity.

Goethe

Author : Peter Boerner
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781904341642
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Goethe written by Peter Boerner and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. From his 'Storm and Stress' Gotz von Berlichingen to Faust, which evolved over a sixty-year period and in which he created the prototype of the Romantic hero.

Faust ...

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faust ... written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Love, Life, Goethe

Author : John Armstrong
Publisher : Allan Lane
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Love, Life, Goethe written by John Armstrong and published by Allan Lane. This book was released on 2006 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is often remembered only as a figure of literary genius, with little relevance to the way we live today. Yet Goethe was driven by much more than the desire for literary success- he wanted (much the same as us) to live life well. In Love, Life, Goethe, John Armstrong subtly and imaginatively explores the ways that we can learn from Goethe, whether in love, suffering, friendship or family. At the centre of this project is happiness- in an imperfect world, how can we live well with what we have, and accept what we haven't? From our lives at home, to our relationships, the politicians we choose, and our relationship with money, John Armstrong explores the main themes of our lives through the life of Goethe, and helps us learn how to live.

West-Eastern Divan

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : Gingko Library
ISBN 13 : 1909942413
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book West-Eastern Divan written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by Gingko Library. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1814, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read the poems of the great fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz in a newly published translation by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. For Goethe, the book was a revelation. He felt a deep connection with Hafiz and Persian poetic traditions, and was immediately inspired to create his own West-Eastern Divan as a lyrical conversation between the poetry and history of his native Germany and that of Persia. The resulting collection engages with the idea of the other and unearths lyrical connections between cultures. The West-Eastern Divan is one of the world’s great works of literature, an inspired masterpiece, and a poetic linking of European and Persian traditions. This new bilingual edition expertly presents the wit, intelligence, humor, and technical mastery of the poetry in Goethe’s Divan. In order to preserve the work’s original power, Eric Ormsby has created this translation in clear contemporary prose rather than in rhymed verse, which tends to obscure the works sharpness. This edition is also accompanied by explanatory notes of the verse in German and in English and a translation of Goethe’s own commentary, the “Notes and Essays for a Better Understanding of the West-Eastern Divan.” This edition not only bring this classic collection to English-language readers, but also, at a time of renewed Western unease about the other, to open up the rich cultural world of Islam.

The Essential Goethe

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691181047
Total Pages : 1051 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Goethe written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 1051 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by Wordsworth Editions 1999 and 2007. First published by Princeton University Press in 2016.

Selected Poetry

Author : Goethe
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141912200
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Selected Poetry written by Goethe and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Shall I embrace you, must I let you go? Again you haunt me: come then, hold me fast!' Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical and the works selected in this volume represent over sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as 'Prometheus' he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervour, while 'To the Moon' is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a love affair. The Roman Elegies show Goethe's use of Classical metres in homage to abcient Rome and its poets, and 'The Diary' , supressed for more than a century, is a narrative poem whose eroticism is unusually combined with its morality. Arranged chronologically, David Luke's verse translations are set alonjgside the German orginals to give a picture of Goethe's poetic development. This edition also includes an introduction and notes placing the poems in the context of the poet's life and times.

Conversations With Eckermann: Being Appreciations and Criticisms On Many Subjects

Author : Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017373493
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book Conversations With Eckermann: Being Appreciations and Criticisms On Many Subjects written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Selected Works of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Selected Works of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2000-05-30 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a brief biography of Goethe, a collection of some of his best-known works, and a sampling of his personal correspondence. Includes his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems. The Sorrows of Young Werther is a story of self-destructive love that made its author a celebrity overnight at the age of twenty-five. Its exploration of the conflicts between ideas and feelings, between circumstance and desire, continues in his controversial novel probing the institution of marriage, Elective Affinities. The cosmic drama of Faust goes far beyond the realism of the novels in a poetic exploration of good and evil, while Italian Journey, written in the author's old age, recalls his youth in Italy and the effect of Mediterranean culture on a young northerner. Translators include W. H. Auden, Louise Bogan, David Constantine, Barker Fairley, and Elizabeth Mayer.

The Tragedy of Faust

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Tragedy of Faust written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Selected Poetry

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Selected Poetry written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged chronologically, David Luke's verse translations are set alongside the German originals to give a picture of Goethe's poetic development.

The Will to Create

Author : Astrida Orle Tantillo
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 9780822961451
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The Will to Create written by Astrida Orle Tantillo and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Better known as a poet and dramatist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was also a learned philosopher and natural scientist. Astrida Orle Tantillo offers the first comprehensive analysis of his natural philosophy, which she contends is rooted in creativity. Tantillo analyzes Goethe's main scientific texts, including his work on physics, botany, comparative anatomy, and metereology. She critically examines his attempts to challenge the basic tenets of Newtonian and Cartesian science and to found a new natural philosophy. In individual chapters devoted to different key principles, she reveals how this natural philosophy--which questions rationalism, the quantitative approach to scientific inquiry, strict gender categories, and the possibility of scientific objectivity--illuminates Goethe's standing as both a precursor and critic of modernity. Tantillo does not presuppose prior knowledge of Goethe or science, and carefully avoids an overreliance on specialized jargon. This makes The Will to Create accessible to a wide audience, including philosophers, historians of science, and literary theorists, as well as general readers.

Goethe and the Jews

Author : Mark Waldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258867690
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Goethe and the Jews written by Mark Waldman and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.

Trilogy of Passion

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515137009
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Trilogy of Passion written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trilogy of Passions is a poetry collection by the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with Tristram Shandy, La Nouvelle Heloise, and Don Quixote, and Ralph Waldo Emerson selected Goethe as one of six "representative men" in his work of the same name, along with Plato, Napoleon, and William Shakespeare. Goethe's comments and observations form the basis of several biographical works, most notably Johann Peter Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe. There are frequent references to Goethe's writings throughout the works of G. W. F. Hegel, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung. Goethe's poems were set to music throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by a number of composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Charles Gounod, Richard Wagner, Hugo Wolf, Felix Mendelssohn, and Gustav Mahler.

Goethe Dies

Author : Thomas Bernhard
Publisher : German List
ISBN 13 : 9780857427052
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Goethe Dies written by Thomas Bernhard and published by German List. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of four stories by the writer George Steiner called "one of the masters of European fiction" is, as longtime fans of Thomas Bernhard would expect, bleakly comic and inspiringly rancorous. The subject of his stories vary: in one, Goethe summons Wittgenstein to discuss the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus; "Montaigne: A Story (in 22 Installments)" tells of a young man sealing himself in a tower to read; "Reunion," meanwhile, satirizes that very impulse to escape; and the final story rounds out the collection by making Bernhard himself a victim, persecuted by his greatest enemy--his very homeland of Austria. Underpinning all these variously comic, tragic, and bitingly satirical excursions is Bernhard's abiding interest in, and deep knowledge of, the philosophy of doubt. Bernhard's work can seem off-putting on first acquaintance, as he suffers no fools and offers no hand to assist the unwary reader. But those who make the effort to engage with Bernhard on his own uncompromising terms will discover a writer with powerful comic gifts, penetrating insight into the failings and delusions of modern life, and an unstinting desire to tell the whole, unvarnished, unwelcome truth. Start here, readers; the rewards are great.

The Autobiography of Goethe Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life

Author : von Goethe Johan Wolfgang
Publisher : Double 9 Books
ISBN 13 : 9789358019483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Goethe Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life written by von Goethe Johan Wolfgang and published by Double 9 Books. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Autobiography Of Goethe Truth And Poetry" is a literary work by Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe that provides an insight into the life and works of the renowned German writer, philosopher, and polymath. The book is divided into four parts and covers Goethe's life from his childhood to his old age. In the first part, Goethe describes his upbringing, education, and early literary career. In the second part, he discusses his time in Italy, where he was greatly influenced by Italian art and culture. The third part focuses on Goethe's personal life, including his relationships with women and his children. In the final part, he reflects on his philosophical and scientific beliefs, including his ideas on evolution and the relationship between art and nature. Throughout the book, Goethe emphasizes the importance of truth and authenticity in both life and art. He advocates for a holistic approach to life and encourages readers to pursue their passions and live a fulfilling life. Overall, "The Autobiography Of Goethe Truth And Poetry" is a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of the most celebrated writers in German literature. It offers insights into Goethe's personal experiences, creative process, and philosophical beliefs, making it a valuable read for anyone interested in literature, philosophy, or history.