George Henry Lewes

The Life and Works of Goethe - Volume 2

• 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: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781108027632
• ISBN-10: 1108027636
• Artikelnr.: 33079532

Autorenporträt

GEORGE HENRY LEWES (1817-1878) was a British philosopher, scientist, novelist and literary critic. He founded a radical weekly called The Leader, and wrote several books including Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences, Ranthorpe, Problems of Life and Mind, and Life of Works of Goethe. Lewes is also known for his decades-long relationship with the novelist Mary Ann Evans (better known under her pen name George Eliot.)

Inhaltsangabe

Book V. Crystals. 1779-1793: 1. New birth
2. Iphigenia
3. Progress
4. Preparations for Italy
5. Italy
6. Egmont
7. Return home
8. Christiane Vulpius
9. Tasso
10. The poet as a man of science
11. The campaign in France
12. Home once again
Book VI. Friendship with Schiller. 1794-1805: 1. The Dioscuri
2. Wilhelm Meister
3. The romantic school
4. Hermann und Dorothea
5. The theatrical manager
6. Schiller's last years
7. Faust
8. The lyrical poems
Book VII. Sunset. 1805-1832: 1. The Battle of Jena
2. Bettina and Napoleon
3. Elective affinities
4. Politics and religion
5. The activity of age
6. Second part of Faust
7. The closing scenes
Index.