Йохан Волфганг фон Гьоте

Goethe's account of his passage through Italy from 1786 to 1788 is a great travel chronicle as well as a candid self-portrait of a genius in the grip of spiritual crisis.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, …

Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, and the works selected in this volume represent more than sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as 'Prometheus,' he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervor, while 'To the Moon' is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a …

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This English verse translation of Goethe's West-Eastern Divan aims to give English-readers a fair indication of the themes, quality and flavour of Goethe's major cycle of lyric poetry. As far as possible it remains faithful to Goethe's metrical and rhyming patterns. The Divan's wealth of earnest depth and passion is …

Теория на цветовете е написана от Йохан Волфганг фон Гьоте през 1810 г. Съдържа някои от най-ранните публикувани описания на явления като цветни сенки, пречупване и хроматична аберация. Книгата оказва влияние, отначало в сферата на изкуството, върху течението на прерафаелитите, като дава отражение в живописта, …