Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Victor Lange David E. We Wilhelm Meister' (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Wilhelm Meister's ApprenticeshipCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691259143EAN: 9780691259147ISBN: 9780691259147Publisher: Princeton University PressRelease Date: 06/18/2024Description: An authoritative English translation of one of the most important works in the history of the novelWilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship (1795–1796), Goethe’s second novel, is a foundational work in the history of the genre—perhaps the first Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story focusing on the growth and self-realization of the main character. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive bourgeois world of his upbringing and seek fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Goethe’s novel had a huge impact on the Romantics. Hegel, Schelling, Novalis, and Schopenhauer considered it one of the most important novels yet written. Schlegel famously called it one of the “three tendencies of the age,” along with the French Revolution and the philosophy of Fichte. And Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann set poems from the novel to music. It also had a major influence on nineteenth-century British writers, including Thomas Carlyle, who was its first English translator, and George Eliot. Drawn from Princeton’s authoritative collected works of Goethe, and featuring a new introduction by David Wellbery, this is the definitive English version of a landmark of world literature.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Victor Lange, David E. Wellbery, Eric A. BlackallContributor: David E. Wellbery (Introduction by), Eric A. Blackall (Edited and translated by), Victor Lange (Edited and translated by)Genre: FictionTopic: Historical Fiction, Classic FictionBook Series: Princeton ClassicsType: HistoricalRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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