George Henry Lewes

The Life and Works of Goethe, Vol. 1

With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries from Published and Unpublished Sources

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A two-volume biography of Goethe, originally published 1855, describing his personal life and his literary and scientific work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9781108027625
• ISBN-10: 1108027628
• Artikelnr.: 33084662

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Book I. The Child is Father to the Man. 1749-1765: 1. Parentage
2. The precocious child
3. Early experiences
4. Various studies
5. The child is father to the man
Book II. Student Days. 1765-1771: 1. The Leipzig student
2. Mental characteristics
3. Art studies
4. Return home
5. Strasburg
6. Herder and Frederika
Book III. Sturm und Drang. 1771-1775: 1. Dr. Goethe's return
2. Götz van Berlichingen
3. Wetzlar
4. Preparations of Werther
5. Werther
6. Survey of German literature
7. Clavigo
8. The literary lion
9. Lili
Book IV. The Genialisch Period in Weimar. 1775-1779: 1. Weimar in the eighteenth century
2. The notabilities of Weimar
3. The first wild weeks at Weimar
4. The Frau von Stein
5. The Gartenhaus
6. Private theatricals
7. Many-coloured threads
8. The real philanthropist.