Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
120
Language
English
Published
Dec 13, 1984
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0192875035
ISBN-13
9780192875037
Description
Dramatist, novelist, lyric poet, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) is unquestionably the major figure of Germany's national literature; his career and works created a culture in themselves. In this book T. J. Reed shows that in every phase of his life Goethe's most remarkablecharacteristic was an essentially youthful creativity, an optimism that still presents a powerful challenge to the pessimistic assumptions of modern culture.