{"product_id":"goethe-volume-9-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-9780691043449","title":"Goethe, Volume 9: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative English translation of one of the most important works in the history of the novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship\u003c\/i\u003e (1795-1796), Goethe's second novel, is a foundational work in the history of the genre--perhaps the first \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e, a coming-of-age story focusing on the growth and self-realization of the main character. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive bourgeois world of his upbringing and seek fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Goethe's novel had a huge impact on the Romantics. Hegel, Schelling, Novalis, and Schopenhauer considered it one of the most important novels yet written. Schlegel famously called it one of the \"three tendencies of the age,\" along with the French Revolution and the philosophy of Fichte. And Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann composed songs to poems from the novel. It also had a major influence on nineteenth-century British writers, including Thomas Carlyle, who was its first English translator, and George Eliot. Drawn from Princeton's authoritative collected works of Goethe, this is the definitive English version of a landmark of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691043442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691043449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990263267583,"sku":"9780691043449","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e35494ef-fc19-46f9-bca3-40d120f645e8.jpg?v=1683303871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goethe-volume-9-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-9780691043449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}