Maxims and Reflections Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von/ Stopp, Elisabeth (TRN)/ Hutchinson, Peter (EDT)/ Stopp, Elisabeth/ Hutc

*Author: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von/ Stopp, Elisabeth (TRN)/ Hutchinson, Peter (EDT)/ Stopp, Elisabeth/ Hutchinson, Peter *Series Title: Penguin Classics *Publication Date: 1999/03/01 *Number of Pages: 208 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: English *Depth: 0.50 *Width: 5.00 *Height: 8.25

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Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even bills...|Goethe was probably the last true 'Renaissance Man'. Although employed as a Privy Councillor at the Duke of Weimar's court, where he helped oversee major mining, road-building and irrigation projects, he also painted, directed plays, carried out research in anatomy, botany and optics - and still found time to produce masterpieces in every literary genre. His 1,413 maxims and reflections reveal not only some of his deepest thoughts on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. With a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man, they make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers.

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Goethe studied law at Liepzig University, and also studied drawing. In 1788 he began living with Christine Vulpius, whom he would marry in 1806. She died in 1816, and the couple had one son. Goethe practiced law briefly, then devoted himself to writing, although he remained active in political affairs, and spent over 10 years at the court of Duke Karl August of Weimar, who became his close friend. After his early contributions to European romanticism, which culminated in his confessional novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther", Goethe and his close friend Schiller made a conscientious attempt to create a "classical" German literature in the areas of lyric poetry, drama, and prose fiction. His 1824 novel, "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship", is the prototype of the Bild?ngsroman, the form which many important German writers, from Mann to Grass, were to embrace in later years. Goethe is considered the dominant figure in the history of German literature. His last words were, "More light!"

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Book Format:		Paperback
Minimum Age:		18
Number of Pages:		0208
Publisher:		Penguin Books

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