The Life of Goethe A Critical Biography [Paperback]

Goethe established a major European reputation and profoundly influenced his contemporaries and literary successors, not least among them the British Romantic writers Coleridge, Scott, and Byron.

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• Offers a comprehensive one-volume study of a major European literary figure.
  
• Deals in depth and detail with the totality of Goethe's output and activity.

List of Plates.

Preface.

1. The Life.

2. The Lyric Poet.

3. The Dramatist.

4. The Novelist: Prose and Verse Narratives.

5. The Scientist.

Conclusion.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Index to Goethe's Works.

The Life of Goethe admirably fills a gap in Goethe studies. John Williams provides a patient and thorough life-story. Alain de Botton <!--end-->

Williams's study of Goethe's life and letters is a welcome contribution to Goethe scholarship. By translating all German citations, quotations, and references into English, Williams makes Goethe accessible to the English-speaking audience. The German Quarterly

Details importantly formative or influential are mentioned. All examples of significant experience conveyed in his poetry are given in both German as originally written and in English translation. Psychological Reports

To attempt a critical biography of a writer of Goethe's stature is no mean task and John Williams has shown that he is more than equal to it. He has provided what must be one of the most scholarly and readable accounts in English of Goethe's life and massive achievement. The style l#$