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Goethe : his Faustian life / A. N. Wilson.

Wilson, A. N., (author.).

Summary:
"A spellbinding recreation of Goethe's life and work from one of our greatest biographers. Goethe was the inventor of the psychological novel, a pioneer scientist, great man of the theatre and a leading politician. As A. N. Wilson argues in this groundbreaking biography, it was his genius and insatiable curiosity that helped catapult the Western world into the modern era. A N. Wilson tackles the life of Goethe with characteristic wit and verve. From his youth as a wild literary prodigy to his later years as Germany's most respected elder statesman, Wilson hones in on Goethe's undying obsession with the work he would spend his entire life writing - Faust. Goethe spent over 60 years writing his retelling of Faust, a strange and powerful work that absorbed all the philosophical questions of his time as well as the revolutions and empires that came and went. It is his greatest work, but as Wilson explores, it is also something much more - it is the myth of how we came to be modern"--Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781472994868
  • ISBN: 1472994868
  • Physical Description: vii, 406 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
These very serious jokes -- Turning life into a picture -- The spirit of nature -- where are you, Faust? -- Some notes on suicide -- Bildung -- Weimar -- Archbishop of Titipu -- Italy -- Vulpius -- War -- The friendship with Schiller -- The parades of death -- Demons -- Ottilie -- Eckermann -- The myth of Weimar -- Soon, peace.
Subject: Authors, German > 18th century > Biography.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library B GOETHE (Text) 33062009966566 New Adult Biography Checked Out 02/26/2025


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