Goethe: The Poet and the Age Revolution and Renunciation, 1790 - 1803 |
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| Author:
| Boyle, Nicholas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815869-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.00 |
Book Description:
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In this second volume of the highly acclaimed Goethe: The Poet and the Age, Nicholas Boyle gives a vivid and detailed account of the central years in Goethe's life. The principal themes are: Goethe's harrowing experience of the French Revolutionary Wars; his involvement in the philosophical and literary upheaval of early Romanticism; the personal drama of his life with his mistress Christiana Vulpius; and his difficult but productive collaboration with his fellow-poet Schiller.
In this second volume of the highly acclaimed Goethe: The Poet and the Age, Nicholas Boyle gives a vivid and detailed account of the central years in Goethe's life. The principal themes are: Goethe's harrowing experience of the French Revolutionary Wars; his involvement in the philosophical and literary upheaval of early Romanticism; the personal drama of his life with his mistress Christiana Vulpius; and his difficult but productive collaboration with his fellow-poet Schiller.