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ISBN:
9780199689255
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In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: 'Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times... because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man.'
In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic and supreme literary writer in a vast variety of genres. Looking at Goethe's poetry, novels and drama pieces, as well as his travel writing, autobiography, and essays on art and aesthetics, Robertson analyses some of the key themes in his works: love, nature, religion and tragedy. Dispelling the misconception of Goethe as a
sedate Victorian sage, Robertson shows how much of his art was rooted in turbulent personal conflicts, and draws on recent research to present a complete portrait of the scientific work and political activity which accompanied Goethe's writings.
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O Paul Cartledge σπούδασε στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Οξφόρδης. Είναι καθηγητής κλασικής ιστορίας στη Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου του Cambridge και διευθυντής κλασικών σπουδών στο Clare College του Καίμπριτζ. Είναι επίσης μέλος της συντακτικής επιτροπής των επιθεωρήσεων "Dialogos", "International History Review" και "History of Political Thought". Έχει γράψει, έχει δημοσιεύσει κι έχει συμμετάσχει στη συγγραφή πολλών βιβλίων πάνω στο αντικείμενό του. Ανάμεσα στις πλέον πρόσφατες εργασίες του συγκαταλέγονται τα εξής: "The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others (1997), "Democritus" (1998), "Political Thought in Ancient Greece: Elite and Mass from Homer to Plutarch", "The Spartans", "Spartan Reflections", "Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past", καθώς και το "The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece".
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