![]() ![]() Auden, Louise Bogan, David Constantine, Barker Fairley, and Elizabeth MayerĪ master of poetry, drama, and the novel, German writer and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spent 50 years on his two-part dramatic poem Faust, published in 18, also conducted scientific research in various fields, notably botany, and held several governmental positions. ![]() The cosmic drama of Faust goes far beyond the realism of the novels in a poetic exploration of good and evil, while Italian Journey, written in the author’s old age, recalls his youth in Italy and the impact of Mediterranean culture on a young northerner. Its exploration of the conflicts between ideas and feelings, between circumstance and desire, continues in his controversial novel probing the institution of marriage, Elective Affinities. ![]() The Sorrows of Young Werther is a story of self-destructive love that made its author a celebrity overnight at the age of twenty-five. This collection of his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems, shows that he is not only one of the very greatest European writers: he is also accessible, entertaining, and contemporary. One of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN10 here. ![]()
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