num_pages: 120
description: Dramatist, novelist, lyric poet, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) is unquestionably the major figure of Germany's national literature; his career and works created a culture in themselves. In this book T. J. Reed shows that in every phase of his life Goethe's most remarkable characteristic was an essentially youthful creativity, an optimism that still presents a powerful challenge to the pessimistic assumptions of modern culture.
language: English
title: Goethe
titlecomplete: Goethe (Past Masters)
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 17
series: Past Masters (Oxford)
publisher: Oxford University Press