The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily - Couverture souple

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0833400266 ISBN 13 : 9780833400260

Editeur : SteinerBooks, Inc, 1991

Synopsis

In 1794, Goethe and Schiller were engaged in a correspondence concerning the connection of the human soul with the world of the senses on one hand and with the suprasensory on the other. While Schiller approached the question in a philosophical way, Goethe embodied his thoughts in a fantasy entitled The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily. In his fantasy, Lily represents the ideal world of the suprasensory that is separated from the Green Snake, or the sensory, by a river. The goal is to build a bridge across the river that will connect the sensory and the suprasensory realms, and thereby establish a new, conscious spiritual awareness. The other characters in the fairy tale - the Ferryman, the Old Woman, the Youth, the Will-o'-Wisps, and the Old Man with the Lamp represent various aspects of the soul working together to accomplish this mighty task.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant. He studied law in Leipzig from 1765 to 1768. In 1770, he anonymously released Annette, his first collection of poems. In late 1792, he took part in the battle of Valmy against revolutionary France, assisting Duke Carl August of Saxe-Weimar during the failed invasion of France. In 1832, Goethe died in Weimar of apparent heart failure.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily is a fairy tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in 1795. The story revolves around the crossing and bridging of a river, which represents the divide between the outer life of the senses and the ideal aspirations of the human being. It has been claimed that it was born out of Goethe’s reading of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz and that it is full of esoteric symbolism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SteinerBooks, Inc
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0833400266
• ISBN 13: 9780833400260
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 70
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible