GOETHE by Peter Boerner (Paperback) 2005

GOETHE by Peter Boerner (Translated  by Nancy Boerner) 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. As a student, he composed pastoral plays in the style of the waning Rococo. With Gutz von Berlichingen, a drama conceived in the spirit of Shakespeare, he joined the avant-garde 'Storm and Stress' authors. When he was twenty-five, he wrote the episolary novel SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER, eliciting fervent  responses among those who rejected the traditions of the Enlightenment. In his tragedt FAUST, which evolved over a sixty-year period, he created a prototype of the Romasntic hero. His lyric poetry has been translated into many languages. A scientist active in various fields, including botany and the theory of colours, he pondered aspects of evolution well beforec Darwin. Based on his studies in literary theory he developed a conept of 'world literature' that he hoped would foster communication among writers of different nations.

A paperback published in 2005 by Haus Publishing as part of their Life & Times series