Goethe

First published in 1972, Goethe presents a biography looking at one of the few great Europeans to be universally recognized as a hero of culture, and in the light of modern sociological thought puts the hero into his background, human, social and political.

Klappentext First published in 1972, Goethe presents a biography looking at one of the few great Europeans to be universally recognized as a hero of culture, and in the light of modern sociological thought puts the hero into his background, human, social and political. Zusammenfassung First published in 1972, Goethe presents a biography looking at one of the few great Europeans to be universally recognized as a hero of culture, and in the light of modern sociological thought puts the hero into his background, human, social and political. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Frankfurt am Main and the Eighteenth Century 2. Leipzig and Rococo 3. The Importance of Pietism 4. The Shock of Strasbourg 5. Mirrors of Malaise 6. Conquering Hero 7. Settling into Weimar 8. The Poet and the Revolution 9. Classical Doubts and Achievements 10. Poet in a Post-Revolutionary Landscape 11. Faustian Problems 12. Life in Victorian Weimar 13. The Worried Decade and its Products 14. The Utopian Perfection Index

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Preface 1. Frankfurt am Main and the Eighteenth Century 2. Leipzig and Rococo 3. The Importance of Pietism 4. The Shock of Strasbourg 5. Mirrors of Malaise 6. Conquering Hero 7. Settling into Weimar 8. The Poet and the Revolution 9. Classical Doubts and Achievements 10. Poet in a Post-Revolutionary Landscape 11. Faustian Problems 12. Life in Victorian Weimar 13. The Worried Decade and its Products 14. The Utopian Perfection Index