Goethe Johann: 598 books

Hochaktuelle Satire auf Willkür, verdrehtes Recht, Heuchelei und egoistische Gier. (Siehe Nachwort des Herausgebers Joerg K. Sommermeyer, S. 122 ff.)

¿Qué significan "la verdad del universo" o "el misterio de la vida"? El doctor Fausto desafía los misterios últimos de la humanidad investigando hasta la extenuación para, sin darse cuenta, caer en la desesperación mientras busca respuestas. Justo entonces, el demonio Mefisto...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos. «Nuestras pasiones son verdaderos fénix. En cuanto se quema la antigua, de sus cenizas surge enseguida la nueva.» En Las afinidades electivas, una novela a caballo entre el clasicismo y el romanticismo, el matrimonio formado por Eduard y Charlotte...

Casi doscientos cincuenta años después del nacimiento de su autor, "Fausto" sigue siendo un clásico, pues plantea el problema de los límites y el sentido de la acción humana, y lo hace bajo la parábola del pacto con el diablo. La obra mantiene su vigencia hoy porque, mediante los interrogantes...

Contents: 1. Prefaces and Epilogues, by William Caxton 2. Dedication Of The Institutes Of The Christian Religion, by John Calvin 3. Dedication of the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, by Nicolaus Copernicus 4. Preface to The History of the Reformation In Scotland, by John Knox 5. Prefatory Letter...

Evrensel boyutlara ulaşmış ünüyle bugün dünya edebiyatının en büyük yazarlarından biri sayılan Goethe, henüz yirmi beş yaşındayken yazdığı Genç Werther'in Acıları'nda, kısa bir süre önce Charlotte adlı genç bir kadınla yaşadığı mutsuz ilişkiden yola çıkmıştı....

Thoughts and ideas from the versatile and brilliant German writer and statesman. The German author of Faust takes a detour from his usual literary endeavors and offers snippets of his musings on life, literature, science, nature, politics, and the human condition. Essential for fans of Goethe’s...

In 1775, when Goethe was twenty-six, and before he went to Weimar, he began to write “Egmont” After working on it at intervals for twelve years, he finished it at Rome in 1787.

Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the peace of their existence is thrown into chaos when two visitors - Eduard's friend the Captain and Charlotte's passionate young ward Ottilie - provoke unexpected attraction and forbidden love....

A major work of German romanticism in a translation that is acknowledged as the definitive English language version. The Vintage Classics edition also includes NOVELLA, Goethe's poetic vision of an idyllic pastoral society.

Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the basis for many...

Loosely based on Goethe's personal experiences, the novel is written mostly in the form of letters in which Werther recounts his unrequited love for a married woman. Its Sturm und Drang style, portraying the rebellion of youthful genius against conventional standards, makes it a perennial favorite with readers of every era.

A classic of world literature, Goethe’s Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-creates not only the text’s varied meter and rhyme but also its diverse tones and styles—dramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse, colloquial and soaring.

One of the most fecund and enduring legends in Western folklore and literature is that of Faust, the old philosopher who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Perhaps the most profound treatment of the legend in Goethe's Faust, a dramatic poem that incorporates the story's...