GOETHE Ultimate Collection: 200+ Titles in One Edition: Novels, Tales, Plays, Essays, Autobiography and Letters: Wilhelm Meister, Faust, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Italian Journey...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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DigiCat presents the Goethe Collection, compiled of the greatest classics of world literature. This is a one-stop edition for all the novels, tales, plays, essays, autobiographical works and letters of your favourite German author. This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe Novels & Novellas: The Sorrows of Young Werther Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years Elective Affinities The Good Women Novella; or, A Tale The Recreations of the German Emigrants - Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily (A Fairy Tale) Plays The Wayward Lover; or, The Lover's Caprice Goetz Von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand Clavigo Stella Brother and Sister Iphigenia in Tauris Egmont Faust - Faust (Part One) - Faust (Part Two) - Faustus (Translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Torquato Tasso The Natural Daughter The Fellow Culprits Poetry Hermann and Dorothea Erotica Romana Reynard the Fox The Sorcerer's Apprentice Songs Familiar Songs Ballads Cantatas Odes Sonnets Epigrams Parables Art God, Soul, and World Religion and Church Antiques Venetian Epigrams Elegies West-Eastern Divan Songs from Various Plays Miscellaneous Poems Personal Writings & Letters Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life (Autobiography) Maxims and Reflections Letters from Italy (Italian Journey) Letters from Switzerland Letter to Zelter Correspondence with Wilhelm Von Humboldt and His Wife Correspondence with K. F. Zelter Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe Schiller-Goethe Correspondence Scientific & Literary Writings: Theory of Colours Shakespeare and Again Shakespeare Oration on Wieland Winckelmann and His Age Introduction to the Propyläen Criticism on Goethe & His Works: Goethe: The Writer (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Byron and Goethe (Giuseppe Mazzini) The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' (H. B. Cotterill) Goethe's Faust (George Santayana) Goethe's Farbenlehre: Theory of Colors (I&II) (John Tyndall)

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the most towering figures in German literature, was born on August 28, 1749, in Frankfurt am Main. Goethe was a polymath who contributed significantly to various fields such as literature, science, and philosophy. He was a key figure of German classicism and his works are celebrated for their breadth and depth. A prolific writer, his collection 'GOETHE Ultimate Collection: 200+ Titles in One Edition' reflects his literary genius that encompasses epic and lyric poetry, prose, and drama; notably, it still inspires different areas of human thought and art. He is best known for 'Faust', a two-part dramatic work that explores the struggles of man and has become synonymous with the term 'Faustian' as relating to an insatiable quest for knowledge and power at great personal cost. His novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' became a sensation in the Sturm und Drang period and contributed to the burgeoning Romantic movement by foregrounding the individual's emotional life. Goethe's works are complex, with a style that interweaves rich imagery, intellectual depth, and psychological insight. His ability to encapsulate the human condition in his writing has ensured his enduring legacy. He passed away on March 22, 1832, in Weimar, leaving behind a body of work that continues to be studied, celebrated, and revered in the canons of world literature.