Name: The Auto-Biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: From my own Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Volume 1) (in English)
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Author: Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang ; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von ; Oxenford, John
ISBN: 9781108057462

portada The Auto-Biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: From my own Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Volume 1) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Translated by

John Oxenford

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2013

Language

Inglés

Pages

536

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.67 kg.

ISBN13

9781108057462

Synopsis "The Auto-Biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: From my own Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Volume 1) (in English)"

The playwright and critic John Oxenford (1812-77) had an acute aptitude for languages. Although he translated both Molière and Calderón into English, he specialised in German translations and set high standards, not least with his rendering of several works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Among the greatest literary figures of his day, Goethe combined considerable achievements as a poet, novelist and playwright with his diverse interests in natural science and politics. This two-volume translation of his autobiography first appeared in 1848-9. In Volume 1, Goethe tells the story of his life from the day he was born until the publication of The Sorrows of Young Werther, which attained cult status almost immediately after it was released in 1774. As the protagonist of his own story, Goethe reflects here on how he himself came of age.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Poeta, novelista, dramaturgo, científico y político alemán. En la Universidad de Estrasburgo conoció a Herder, quien lo introdujo a las obras de Shakespeare y a quien ayudó después a crear el movimiento romántico alemán Sturm und Drang. En 1775 Carlos Augusto, heredero del ducado de Sajonia-Weimar, invitó a Goethe a vivir y trabajar en Weimar, que entonces era uno de los centros intelectuales y literarios de Alemania. Allí desarrolló una brillante carrera política que finalmente abandonó para dedicarse a viajar y a escribir. Es uno de mayores exponentes literarios del Romanticismo y para muchos el escritor más importante que han dado las letras alemanas.

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