Goethe: Life as a Work of Art

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The life of the last universal genius Rüdiger Safranski is reconstructed based on primary sources - works, letters, diaries, conversations, and testimonies of contemporaries, which makes Goethe's image in his biography unusually vivid: a young man from a good family,... a perpetually lovestruck student, he becomes the most popular author, secures a well-paid position, becomes passionate about the natural sciences, flees to Italy, lives with his beloved woman outside of marriage - and at the same time creates his unforgettable works. But that is not enough for him: he wants his very life to become a work of art. In his book, Safranski virtuously reconstructs Goethe's life, allowing us to feel like contemporaries of this man and understand how Goethe became who he became.

Author: САФРАНСКИ РЮДИГЕР

Printhouse: Delo

Series: Intellectual Biography

Year of publication: 2020

ISBN: 9785850062057

Number of pages: 704

Size: 23.5 x 15.2 x 4 mm

Cover type: Мягкая бумажная

Weight: 930 g

ID: 1249091

The life of the last universal genius Rüdiger Safranski is reconstructed based on primary sources - works, letters, diaries, conversations, and testimonies of contemporaries, which makes Goethe's image in his biography unusually vivid: a young man from a good family, a perpetually lovestruck student, he becomes the most popular author, secures a well-paid position, becomes passionate about the natural sciences, flees to Italy, lives with his beloved woman outside of marriage - and at the same time creates his unforgettable works. But that is not enough for him: he wants his very life to become a work of art. In his book, Safranski virtuously reconstructs Goethe's life, allowing us to feel like contemporaries of this man and understand how Goethe became who he became.

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