{"product_id":"the-essential-goethe","title":"Essential Goethe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most comprehensive one-volume collection of Goethe's writings ever published in English\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Essential Goethe\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive and representative one-volume collection of Goethe's writings ever published in English. It provides English-language readers easier access than ever before to the widest range of work by one of the greatest writers in world history. Goethe’s work as playwright, poet, novelist, and autobiographer is fully represented. In addition to the works for which he is most famous, including \u003ci\u003eFaust Part I \u003c\/i\u003eand the lyric poems, the volume features important literary works that are rarely published in English—including the dramas \u003ci\u003eEgmont\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIphigenia in Tauris\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Torquato Tasso\u003c\/i\u003e and the bildungsroman \u003ci\u003eWilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e, a foundational work in the history of the novel. The volume also offers a selection of Goethe’s essays on the arts, philosophy, and science, which give access to the thought of a polymath unrivalled in the modern world. Primarily drawn from Princeton’s authoritative twelve-volume Goethe edition, the translations are highly readable and reliable modern versions by scholars of Goethe. The volume also features an extensive introduction to Goethe’s life and works by volume editor Matthew Bell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected poems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour complete dramas: \u003ci\u003eFaust Part I, Egmont, Iphigenia in Tauris\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Torquato Tasso\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe complete novel\u003ci\u003e Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA selection from the travel journal\u003ci\u003e Italian Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected essays on art and literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected essays on philosophy and science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn extensive introduction to Goethe’s life and works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA chronology of Goethe’s life and times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA note on the texts and translations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32126758289491,"sku":"9780691181042","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780691181042_3ea00d31-d0d5-4e36-afb6-ce9f71a4822c.jpg?v=1779176743","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-essential-goethe","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}