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With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries from Published and Unpublished Sources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

Lewes' 1855 biography (reissued here in the second, 1858 edition) paints a balanced picture of this great German intellectual. Drawing on personal letters and recollections provided by Goethe's colleagues, friends and family, Lewes probes the connections between Goethe's life and work, and highlights the continuing relevance of his thought.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• 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.