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Goethe, Volume 3 : Essays on Art and Literature / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; John Gearey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, author.
- Series:
- Goethe edition ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts.
- Art.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Knowledge--Art.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Knowledge--Literature.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 268 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Translated by Ellen von Nardroff and Ernest H. von Nardroff The reflections on art and literature that Goethe produced throughout his life are the premise and corollary of his work as poet, novelist, and man of science. This volume contains such important essays as "On Gothic Architecture," "On the Laocoon Group," and "Shakespeare: A Tribute." Several works in this collection appear for the first time unabridged and in fresh translations.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- PART ONE: Essays on Art
- I. ARCHITECTURE
- II. ANCIENT ART
- III. EUROPEAN ART
- IV. THEORY AND HISTORY OF ART
- PART TWO: Essays on Literature
- I. LITERARY CRITICISM
- II. LITERARY THEORY
- PART THREE: Observations on Art and Literature
- On Dilettantism
- On Acting
- On World Literature
- POSTSCRIPT
- NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780691187174
- 0691187177
- OCLC:
- 1132226666
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