{"product_id":"goethe-rdiger-safranski-9781631494895","title":"Goethe: Life as a Work of Art","description":"A masterful intellectual portrait, \u003cem\u003eGoethe: Life as a Work of Art\u003c\/em\u003e is celebrated as the seminal twenty-first-century biography of the writer considered to be the Shakespeare of German literature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a remarkably prolific poet, playwright, novelist, and--as R?iger Safranksi emphasizes--a statesman and naturalist, first awakened not only a burgeoning German nation but the European continent with his electrifying novel \u003cem\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/em\u003e. Safranski has scoured Goethe's entire oeuvre, relying exclusively on primary sources, including his correspondence with contemporaries, to produce a \"fresh and authentic\" (\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e) portrait of the avatar of the Romantic era. Skillfully blending \"artistic analysis with swift, sharp renderings\" of the great political and intellectual figures Goethe encountered, \"[Safranski's] portrait of the prolific genius leaves the reader with lasting awe, even envy\" of a monumental legacy (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). As Safranski ultimately shows, Goethe's greatest creation, even in comparison to his masterpiece Faust, was his own life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R?iger Safranski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631494899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631494895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.60d","brand":"R?iger Safranski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984748282111,"sku":"9781631494895","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8bd14ab1-ac59-4502-ace5-9b4996f371d6.jpg?v=1683273992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goethe-rdiger-safranski-9781631494895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}