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John R. Williams - The Life of Goethe: A Critical Biography - 9780631163763 - V9780631163763
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The Life of Goethe: A Critical Biography

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Description for The Life of Goethe: A Critical Biography Hardback. This study sets Goethe's creative work in the context of his biography and of the literary and political movements of his time. It gives an account of Goethe's wide range of public activities, and also covers his less well-known literary output. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; BG; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
Goethe established a major European reputation and profoundly influenced his contemporaries and literary successors, not least among them the British Romantic writers Coleridge, Scott, and Byron.

  • Offers a comprehensive one-volume study of a major European literary figure.
  • Deals in depth and detail with the totality of Goethe's output and activity.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Critical Biographies
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631163763
SKU
V9780631163763
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About John R. Williams
John R. Williams is honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of German at the University of St Andrews. He has published numerous scholarly articles on German literature and is the author of Goethe's 'Faust' (1987). In 1982 he was awarded a prize by the Theodor-Storm-Gesellschaft in an international competition for verse translation.

Reviews for The Life of Goethe: A Critical Biography
"The Life of Goethe admirably fills a gap in Goethe studies. John Williams provides a patient and thorough life-story." Alain de Botton "Williams's study of Goethe's life and letters is a welcome contribution to Goethe scholarship. By translating all German citations, quotations, and references into English, Williams makes Goethe accessible to the English-speaking audience. "The German Quarterly ... Read more

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