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Reading Goethe

By Martin Swales

Reading Goethe

By Martin Swales

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The year 1999 saw the 250th anniversary of the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany's greatest writer. Appropriately, literary scholars within Germany and beyond paid tribute to this remarkable talent. But a number of commentators also noted that Goethe is often revered rather than read, known of rather than known. This study remedies this state of affairs by offering an introduction to Goethe and his works for the English-speaking reader -- now in paperback and with all quotations . The authors concentrate on the literary work and offer analyses that represent an impassioned, but by no means uncritical, advocacy -- one that seeks to persuade both academic critics and general readers alike that Goethe is one of the key figures of European modernity. To an extent that is virtually unique in modern literature, Goethe was active in a whole number of literary genres. He was a superb poet, unrivaled in the variety of his expressive modes, and in his ability to combine intellectual sophistication withexperiential immediacy. He also wrote short stories and novels throughout his life, ranging from the The Sorrows of Young Werther, to The Elective Affinities. He was also a highly skilled dramatist, both in the historical mode and in the classical verse-drama. Above all else, Goethe is the author of Faust: a work that attempts -- and achieves -- more than any other modern European drama. ~~~~~~~ MARTIN SWALES is Professor of German at University College London. ERIKA SWALES is College Lecturer and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2007-08-01
Publication Date:
2007-08-01
Publisher:
Camden House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1571133585
ISBN13:
9781571133588
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
355 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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