Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is recognised as a giant of world literature; an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. This heavily-illustrated biography by one of the world's foremost Goethe scholars is an ideal introduction to seminal figure in literary history.

About the author

Peter Boerner is professor emeritus of Germanic studies, comparative literature, and West European studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. He was a curator at the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf and has edited a paperback collection of Goethe's work in forty-five volumes. Nancy Boerner served as a collection development librarian for Germanic, French, and Italian languages and literatures at Indiana University-Bloomington's Well's Library and has translated multiple scholarly publications.

Summary

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is recognised as a giant of world literature; an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. This heavily-illustrated biography by one of the world's foremost Goethe scholars is an ideal introduction to seminal figure in literary history.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Boerner, Boerner Peter
• Assisted by: Nancy Boerner (Translation), Nancy Sanden Boerner (Translation), Boerner Nancy (Translation)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2013
• EAN: 9781908323514
• ISBN: 978-1-908323-51-4
• No. of pages: 169
• Series: Life & Times; Life & Times; Lifetimes
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, german, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form