Goethe (Life & Times)

Peter Boerner

ISBN 10: 1908323515 / ISBN 13: 9781908323514

Verlag: Haus Publishing Ltd, 2013

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. As a student, he composed pastoral plays in the style of the waning Rococo. With Goetz of Berlichingen of the Iron Hand, a drama conceived in the spirit of Shakespeare, he joined the avant-garde Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) authors. At twenty-five he wrote the epistolary novel Sorrows of Young Werther, eliciting fervent responses among those who rejected the traditions of the Enlightenment. In his tragedy Faust, which evolved over a sixty-year period and for which he is best known, he created a prototype of the Romantic hero. His lyric poetry has been translated into many languages. A scientist active in various fields, including botany and the theory of colours, he pondered aspects of evolution well before Darwin. Based on his studies in literary theory he developed a concept of world literature that he hoped would foster communication among writers of different nations.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Peter Boerner is professor emeritus of Germanic studies, comparative literature, and West European studies at Indiana University&;Bloomington. He was a curator at the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf and has edited a paperback collection of Goethe&;s work in forty-five volumes. Nancy Boerner served as a collection development librarian for Germanic, French, and Italian languages and literatures at Indiana University&;Bloomington&;s Well&;s Library and has translated multiple scholarly publications.

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Titel: Goethe (Life & Times)
Verlag: Haus Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Like New