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Goethe revealed in a panoramic, reader‑friendly biography
This is a scholarly yet approachable portrait of the poet as a whole person—writer, thinker, statesman, and man—carefully guided by archival material and first‑hand sources. The edition presents Bielschowsky’s life of Goethe to a wide audience, with attention to the details that illuminate his work and character.
This volume covers Goethe’s early years, family life, education, and the pivotal years leading up to his Italian journey. It explains the choices behind the biography’s method and how the author uses continuous narrative to weave together private experience and literary creation. The translator’s notes and acknowledgments show the care given to presenting the author’s vision for a lasting, readable portrait.- A clear account of Goethe’s birth, family, and the social world that shaped him
- Insight into his education, friendships, and early writings
- Context for major life events, travels, and the sources that inform the narrative
- An accessible, comprehensive approach that blends biography with literary history
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There may have been others of clearer understanding, of greater energy, of deeper feelings, or of more vivid imagination, but it is quite certain that there never was an individual in whom all these faculties were united in such striking proportions. And, moreover, there has rarely been an individual of such highly developed powers of soul, whose physical life has so fully retained its independence and has so thoroughly permeated the spiritual. This wonder fully perfect amalgamation of Goethe's nature elevates it to the rank of the extraordinary, and, at the same time, accounts for its seemingly contradictory manifestations. But it is this seeming contradictoriness 1 that has made it so difficult for most people to obtain a correct and adequate idea of him.
He observes colour refractions like a physicist, examines bones and ligaments like an anatomist, and comments on bankrupt law like a jurist. Gifted with unusual clearness in the comprehension and analysis of men and things, his early appearance on the stage of action is marked by the wisdom and experience of a man of the world and a diplomat. And yet this same man writes poetry overflowing with imagination, goes about in the real world absorbed in dreams, sees many things and many people, not as they are, but in the light of his own fancy, is frequently incapable of making out a clear, understanding of objects and their mutual relations, and stands in the midst, of human activi ties a naive and often helpless child. This man at one time grasps the world in the warm embrace of a Faust and again he spurns it with the annihilating contempt of a Mephistopheles.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The standard biography Goethe, and the most popular biography of any man written in Modem German, is herewith offered in translation to the English-reading public. It is the work of an eminent scholar, who devoted practically the whole of his life to the one purpose of erecting a worthy monument to the greatest poet of his country, and one of the greatest in the history of the world.
Albert Bielschowsky was born in Namslau, Silesia, on the 3rd day of January, 1847. After receiving his doctor's degree in classical philology, he followed the profession of teaching for sixteen years. In 1886 he moved to Berlin in order to enjoy the larger library facilities of the Prussian capital. Owing to a chronic illness with which he became afflicted, the Government relieved him of the exacting duties of his profession, and this enabled him to devote the last ten years of his life wholly to his biography of Goethe. He died on the 21st day of October, 1902.
The first volume of his Goethe, sein Leben und seine Werke had appeared in 1895. The second and last volume was so nearly completed before his death that it was an easy matter for others who were familiar with his method and aims to finish it. It was published in 1903. As there is a great difference in the size of the two volumes, and the whole work divides very naturally into three parts of approximately equal length, it has been decided to publish the translation in three volumes, reserving the last two chapters of Volume I. of the original for the beginning of Volume II. of the translation.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This compelling biography captures the extraordinary life and profound insights of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, celebrated as Germany's greatest writer. The author narrates Goethe's remarkable journey, from his early years as a child prodigy to his emergence as a literary giant of the Weimar Classicism movement. The book delves into Goethe's extensive literary works, including masterpieces like Faust and Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, exploring their philosophical underpinnings and cultural impact. It also sheds light on his groundbreaking contributions to science, particularly in the field of botany and color theory. Furthermore, the biography examines Goethe's personal relationships, his deep connection to nature, and the ways in which they shaped his artistic vision. Ultimately, this book offers a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of Goethe, highlighting his enduring legacy as an artist, scientist, and pivotal figure in German and world literature. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781331674573_0
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