Goethe : his Faustian life / A. N. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, A. N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Biography.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

Authors, German--18th century--Biography.

Authors, German.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 406 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2024.

Summary:

"A spellbinding recreation of Goethe's life and work from one of our greatest biographers. Goethe was the inventor of the psychological novel, a pioneer scientist, great man of the theatre and a leading politician. As A. N. Wilson argues in this groundbreaking biography, it was his genius and insatiable curiosity that helped catapult the Western world into the modern era. A N. Wilson tackles the life of Goethe with characteristic wit and verve. From his youth as a wild literary prodigy to his later years as Germany's most respected elder statesman, Wilson hones in on Goethe's undying obsession with the work he would spend his entire life writing - Faust. Goethe spent over 60 years writing his retelling of Faust, a strange and powerful work that absorbed all the philosophical questions of his time as well as the revolutions and empires that came and went. It is his greatest work, but as Wilson explores, it is also something much more - it is the myth of how we came to be modern"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

These very serious jokes

Turning life into a picture

The spirit of nature

where are you, Faust?

Some notes on suicide

Bildung

Weimar

Archbishop of Titipu

Italy

Vulpius

War

The friendship with Schiller

The parades of death

Demons

Ottilie

Eckermann

The myth of Weimar

Soon, peace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1472994868

9781472994868

OCLC:

1414165334