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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815354803321

Autore

von Goethe Johann Wolfgang

Titolo

Autobiography of Goethe : Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waiheke Island, : The Floating Press, 2008

ISBN

1-77556-316-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (651 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OxenfordJohn

Disciplina

813.9

831.6

832.62

Soggetti

Authors, German -- 18th century -- Biography

Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Biography

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Introduction; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Author's Preface; PART THE FIRST; First Book; Second Book; Third Book; Fourth Book; Fifth Book; PART THE SECOND; Sixth Book; Seventh Book; Eighth Book; Ninth Book; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

In the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) one can find the seed of most German thought, literature, science and theology. A hugely influential man, not only on Germany but on the rest of Europe, Goethe's best known work is the two-part play Faust . Goethe was a privy-councilor to the Duchy of Weimar and his interest in foreign literature helped birth the concept of the world literature. George Eliot called Goethe ""Germany's greatest man of letters...and...