
Goethe
Peter Boerner(Author)
Haus Publishing
Published on 26. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
169 pages
978-1-908323-51-4 (ISBN)
Description
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is recognised as a giant of world literature; an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. As a student, he composed pastoral plays in the style of the waning Rococo. With Gotz von Berlichingen, a drama conceived in the spirit of Shakespeare, he joined the avant-garde Sturm und Drang authors. His epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther elicited fervent responses among those who rejected the traditions of the Enlightenment, and in his tragedy Faust, which evolved over a 60-year period, he created a prototype of the Romantic hero. Furthermore, 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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 16 years
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
50
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908323-51-4 (9781908323514)
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Peter Boerner was born in Estonia and educated in Germany. He was the curator of the Goethe Museum in Dusseldorf, has edited a paperback collection of Goethe's works in 45 volumes, and has published extensively in the fields of Comparative Literature and Germanic Studies. He teaches in the United States at Indiana University, Bloomington.