{"product_id":"goethe-life-as-a-work-of-art-paperback","title":"Goethe: Life as a Work of Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR?iger Safranski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Dollenmayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful intellectual portrait, \u003cem\u003eGoethe: Life as a Work of Art\u003c\/em\u003e is celebrated as the seminal twenty-first-century biography of the writer considered to be the Shakespeare of German literature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a remarkably prolific poet, playwright, novelist, and--as R?iger Safranksi emphasizes--a statesman and naturalist, first awakened not only a burgeoning German nation but the European continent with his electrifying novel \u003cem\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/em\u003e. Safranski has scoured Goethe's entire oeuvre, relying exclusively on primary sources, including his correspondence with contemporaries, to produce a \"fresh and authentic\" (\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e) portrait of the avatar of the Romantic era. Skillfully blending \"artistic analysis with swift, sharp renderings\" of the great political and intellectual figures Goethe encountered, \"[Safranski's] portrait of the prolific genius leaves the reader with lasting awe, even envy\" of a monumental legacy (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). As Safranski ultimately shows, Goethe's greatest creation, even in comparison to his masterpiece Faust, was his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155942445191,"sku":"9781631494895","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0d97e98ebc25cd1e3870a505ae75b910.webp?v=1733239846","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/goethe-life-as-a-work-of-art-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}