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Essays & Letters

Maxims and Reflections

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1998208 pagesPenguin Classics UK
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Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even bills... Goethe was probably the last true 'Renaissance Man'. Although employed as a Privy Councillor at the Duke of Weimar's court, where he helped oversee major mining, road-building and irrigation projects, he also painted, directed plays, carried out research in anatomy, botany and optics - and still found time to produce masterpieces in every literary genre. His 1,413 maxims and reflections reveal not only some of his deepest thoughts on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. With a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man, they make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers.

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Published1998
Length208 pages
SubjectEssays & Letters
BindingPaperback
ISBN-139780140447200
PublisherPenguin Classics UK
LanguageEnglish
DeliveryIn stock, 1–2 days

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