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Conversations with Goethe by Johann Peter Eckermann, Allan Blunden, Ritchie Robertson. Author Johann Peter Eckermann, Allan Blunden, Ritchie Robertson. Title Conversations with Goethe. Format Paperback.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100241421675

ISBN-139780241421673

eBay Product ID (ePID)15057240369

Product Key Features

Book TitleConversations with Goethe : in the Last Years of His Life

Number of Pages752 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicLiterary, Modern / 19th Century

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJohann Peter Eckermann

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition18

Notes byRobertson, Ritchie

Dewey Decimal831/.6

SynopsisA witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years A Penguin Classic By the end of the nineteenth century, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated poet, novelist, critic and thinker. Today his name is echoed as that of a "great man" alongside Plato, Montaigne and Shakespeare. This book covers the last nine years of his life, partially spent having conversations with the young Johann Eckermann, who was thirty-one to Goethe's seventy-four, and who dedicated this time to recording Goethe's thoughts, ideas, observations and witticisms. The result is Conversations with Goethe , the most direct glimpse into the Great Man's mind, revealing a gentler, more human side to him, as well as his thoughts on art, science, poetry, philosophy and the minutiae of life. Conversations of Goethe is an incredibly important and enjoyable document of "the last universal genius of the West." It is often compared to Boswell's Life of Johnson for its enjoyability and importance., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated poet, novelist, critic and thinker and this is the best way of knowing him. Today his name is echoed as that of a 'great man' alongside Plato, Montaigne and Shakespeare. This book covers the last nine years of his life, partially spent having conversations with the young Johann Eckermann, who was thirty-one to Goethe's seventy-four, and who dedicated this time to recording Goethe's thoughts, ideas, observations and witticisms. The result is Conversations with Goethe, the most direct glimpse into the Great Man's mind, revealing a gentler, more human side to him, as well as his thoughts on art, science, poetry, philosophy and the minutiae of life.

LC Classification NumberPT1892.A2