Maxims and Reflections (Penguin Classics)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

ISBN 10: 0140447202 / ISBN 13: 9780140447200

Published by Penguin Classics, 1999

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR005969543

Synopsis:

Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even bills … Goethe was probably the last true ‘Renaissance Man’.

Although employed as a Privy Councillor at the Duke of Weimar’s court, where he helped oversee major mining, road-building and irrigation projects, he also painted, directed plays, carried out research in anatomy, botany and optics – and still found time to produce masterpieces in every literary genre. His fourteen hundred Maxims and Reflections reveal some of his deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Although variable in quality, the vast majority have a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man. They make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers.

About the Author:

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)


Trans. Elisabeth Stopp, Edited With An Introduction And Notes By Peter Hutchinson

Bibliographic Details

Title: Maxims and Reflections (Penguin Classics)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good