Conversations of German Refugees and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years: The Collected Works of Goethe, Volume 10 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691292373)

The definitive English version of two landmark works of world literature

Goethe was a master of the short prose form. His two narrative cycles, Conversations of German Refugees and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, both written during a high point of his career, address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas, Conversations of German Refugees deals with the impact and significance of the French Revolution and suggests Goethe's ideas on the social function of his art. Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, Goethe's last novel, is a sequel to Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Conversations of German Refugees and is considered his most remarkable novel in form.

The Collected Works of Goethe presents modern translations of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's vast body of work. Selected from more than 140 volumes in German, this twelve-volume series remains the standard collection in English and features poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing.

Edited by Jane K. Brown
Conversations of German Refugees, translated by Jan van Heurk in cooperation with Jane K. Brown
Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, or The Renunciants, translated by Krishna Winston

Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
ISBN-10: 069129237X
ISBN-13: 9780691292373
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2026
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback