Goethe: The Writer - Softcover

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1646795393 ISBN 13: 9781646795390

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 1905

Synopsis

"Society has really no graver interest than the well-being of the literary class." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Goethe; or, the Writer Goethe, the Writer (1850) by Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of seven lectures Emerson gave on the thinkers who most influenced his work and whose biographies eventually became the content of a collection entitled Representative Men (also available from Cosimo Classics). Even though there are questions about how much of Goethe's writing Emerson actually read, Emerson considered Goethe near the top of the intellectual world, and his views on science and nature, as well as several aspects of his writing style, were derived largely from those of Goethe. Of this icon, Emerson wrote, "Goethe teaches courage."

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About the Author

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the Sage of Concord, Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works include a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 1905
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646795393
• ISBN 13: 9781646795390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28