Conversations with Goethe
Author: Eckermann, Johann Peter
ISBN: 9780241421673
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 752
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 34mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, a classic in a new translation for the first time in 150 years
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated poet, novelist, critic and thinker and this is the best way of knowing him. Today his name is echoed as that of a 'great man' alongside Plato, Montaigne and Shakespeare.
This book covers the last nine years of his life, partially spent having conversations with the young Johann Eckermann, who was thirty-one to Goethe's seventy-four, and who dedicated this time to recording Goethe's thoughts, ideas, observations and witticisms. The result is Conversations with Goethe, the most direct glimpse into the Great Man's mind, revealing a gentler, more human side to him, as well as his thoughts on art, science, poetry, philosophy and the minutiae of life.
ISBN: 9780241421673
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 752
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 34mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
A witty introduction to the mind of Goethe, a classic in a new translation for the first time in 150 years
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated poet, novelist, critic and thinker and this is the best way of knowing him. Today his name is echoed as that of a 'great man' alongside Plato, Montaigne and Shakespeare.
This book covers the last nine years of his life, partially spent having conversations with the young Johann Eckermann, who was thirty-one to Goethe's seventy-four, and who dedicated this time to recording Goethe's thoughts, ideas, observations and witticisms. The result is Conversations with Goethe, the most direct glimpse into the Great Man's mind, revealing a gentler, more human side to him, as well as his thoughts on art, science, poetry, philosophy and the minutiae of life.
