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Informationen zum Autor GEORGE HENRY LEWES (1817-1878) was a British philosopher, scientist, novelist and literary critic. He founded a radical weekly called The Leader, and wrote several books including Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences, Ranthorpe, Problems of Life and Mind, and Life of Works of Goethe. Lewes is also known for his decades-long relationship with the novelist Mary Ann Evans (better known under her pen name George Eliot.) Klappentext A two-volume biography of Goethe! originally published 1855! describing his personal life and his literary and scientific work. Zusammenfassung Lewes' 1855 biography (reissued here in the second! 1858 edition) paints a balanced picture of this great German intellectual. Drawing on personal letters and recollections provided by Goethe's colleagues! friends and family! Lewes probes the connections between Goethe's life and work! and highlights the continuing relevance of his thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Book V. Crystals. 1779-1793: 1. New birth; 2. Iphigenia; 3. Progress; 4. Preparations for Italy; 5. Italy; 6. Egmont; 7. Return home; 8. Christiane Vulpius; 9. Tasso; 10. The poet as a man of science; 11. The campaign in France; 12. Home once again; Book VI. Friendship with Schiller. 1794-1805: 1. The Dioscuri; 2. Wilhelm Meister; 3. The romantic school; 4. Hermann und Dorothea; 5. The theatrical manager; 6. Schiller's last years; 7. Faust; 8. The lyrical poems; Book VII. Sunset. 1805-1832: 1. The Battle of Jena; 2. Bettina and Napoleon; 3. Elective affinities; 4. Politics and religion; 5. The activity of age; 6. Second part of Faust; 7. The closing scenes; Index.
