Goethe - Couverture souple

Boerner, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908323515 ISBN 13 : 9781908323514

Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. As a student, he composed pastoral plays in the style of the waning Rococo. With Goetz of Berlichingen of the Iron Hand, a drama conceived in the spirit of Shakespeare, he joined the avant-garde Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) authors. At twenty-five he wrote the epistolary novel Sorrows of Young Werther, eliciting fervent responses among those who rejected the traditions of the Enlightenment. In his tragedy Faust, which evolved over a sixty-year period and for which he is best known, he created a prototype of the Romantic hero. His lyric poetry has been translated into many languages. A scientist active in various fields, including botany and the theory of colours, he pondered aspects of evolution well before Darwin. Based on his studies in literary theory he developed a concept of world literature that he hoped would foster communication among writers of different nations.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter Boerner was born in Estonia and educated in Germany. He was the curator of the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf for several years and edited a paperback collection of Goethe s works which has now now appeared in 45 volumes. He has published extensively in the fields of Comparative Literature and Germanic Studies and teaches at Indiana University- Bloomington in the United States.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Haus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908323515
• ISBN 13: 9781908323514
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 169