Goethe, Volume 9 - (Goethe the Collected Works) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published: New York: Suhrkamp, 1989. (Goethe's collected works; v. 9).

Book Synopsis

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical and artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization.

From the Back Cover

The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid 1700's who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization.

About the Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was one of the greatest artists of the German Romantic period. He was a poet, playwright, novelist, and natural philosopher.