Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) is one of the towering figures of world culture, a universal man whose extraordinary talents found expression in literature, drama, autobiography, politics and the sciences. To coincide with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth, Everyman's Library is publishing in a single volume his four principal masterpieces, together with a small selection of his poems and letters. Edited and introduced by Nicholas Boyle, author of the definitive biography of Goethe, the second volume of which will be published later this year, the Everyman's Library edition will show that Goethe remains one of the most intriguing and readable of European writers. Goethe established an international literary reputation overnight with The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774), a story of disappointed love and pathological sensibility which mounted a powerful challenge to the rationalism of the Enlightenment.
By:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Translated by:
Elizabeth Mayer, etc. Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 246 Dimensions:
Height: 211mm,
Width: 135mm,
Spine: 58mm
Weight: 1.069kg ISBN:9781857152463 ISBN 10: 1857152468 Series:Everyman's Library CLASSICS Pages: 1024 Publication Date:15 December 1999 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Other merchandise Publisher's Status: Active
