{"product_id":"johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-jeremy-adler-9781789141986","title":"Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe","description":"This new critical biography provides a complete picture of German novelist, playwright, and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Offering fresh, thought-provoking interpretations of all Goethe's major works, including novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Elective Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e, plays such as \u003ci\u003eEgmont\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIphigenia in Tauris\u003c\/i\u003e, and Goethe's greatest work, \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremy Adler also provides many original readings of Goethe's poetry, beginning with the poems written in his early youth. Alongside Goethe's work, Adler analyzes the incidents of his life, including his love affairs and his meetings with the luminaries of his age, such as Napoleon Bonaparte. Uniquely, Adler also shows how Goethe's encyclopedic interest in literature, science, philosophy, law, and many other fields became important for a wide range of later scientists and thinkers. Among the figures he influenced were Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud,  mile Durkheim and Susan Sontag. Goethe has often been called the last Renaissance man. This biography shows that Goethe was in fact the first of the moderns--a maker of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Adler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789141982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789141986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Jeremy Adler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941487575295,"sku":"9781789141986","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d7eb62cf-049a-4e26-923f-fa02d369eea4.jpg?v=1681453211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-jeremy-adler-9781789141986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}