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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 [T]his is the best available one-volume anthology of Goethe's works, spanning the full range of his output of poetry, drama, novels, literary criticism, autobiography, philosophy and science. The scope and insight of his work is extraordinary and his style eminently readable in every discipline. ---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer This meticulously prepared edition brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters. * Publishers Weekly * Answers a need for a one-volume English translation of Goethe's most significant works.... An excellent, serviceable book. * Choice * Succeeds in presenting Goethe from as many angles as can be fitted in between the covers of a single tome: the scientist beside the poet, the tireless observer of nature and eagle-eyed critic of art and society, the philosopher alongside the novelist and playwright. ---Osman Durrani, Times Literary Supplement A rich new anthology ... which valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius. ---Adam Kirsch, New Yorker

The Essential Goethe, a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell . . . valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius. --Adam Kirsch, New Yorker The meticulously prepared edition [ The Essential Goethe ] brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters. -- Publishers Weekly Answers a need for a one-volume English translation of Goethe's most significant works.... An excellent, serviceable book. --Choice This meticulously prepared edition brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters. --Publishers Weekly A rich new anthology ... which valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius. --Adam Kirsch, New Yorker -This book answers a need for a one-volume English translation of Goethe's most significant works. . . . An excellent, serviceable book.---Choice -The meticulously prepared edition [The Essential Goethe] brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters.---Publishers Weekly -Succeeds in presenting Goethe from as many angles as can be fitted in between the covers of a single tome: the scientist beside the poet, the tireless observer of nature and eagle-eyed critic of art and society, the philosopher alongside the novelist and playwright.---Osman Durrani, Times Literary Supplement -The Essential Goethe, a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell . . . valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius.---Adam Kirsch, New Yorker One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 This book answers a need for a one-volume English translation of Goethe's most significant works. . . . An excellent, serviceable book. --Choice The meticulously prepared edition [The Essential Goethe] brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters. --Publishers Weekly Succeeds in presenting Goethe from as many angles as can be fitted in between the covers of a single tome: the scientist beside the poet, the tireless observer of nature and eagle-eyed critic of art and society, the philosopher alongside the novelist and playwright. --Osman Durrani, Times Literary Supplement The Essential Goethe, a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell . . . valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius. --Adam Kirsch, New Yorker

The Essential Goethe, a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell . . . valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius. --Adam Kirsch, New Yorker The meticulously prepared edition [ The Essential Goethe ] brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters. -- Publishers Weekly -This book answers a need for a one-volume English translation of Goethe's most significant works. . . . An excellent, serviceable book.---Choice -The meticulously prepared edition [The Essential Goethe] brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters.---Publishers Weekly -Succeeds in presenting Goethe from as many angles as can be fitted in between the covers of a single tome: the scientist beside the poet, the tireless observer of nature and eagle-eyed critic of art and society, the philosopher alongside the novelist and playwright.---Osman Durrani, Times Literary Supplement -The Essential Goethe, a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell . . . valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius.---Adam Kirsch, New Yorker One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 This book answers a need for a one-volume English translation of Goethe's most significant works. . . . An excellent, serviceable book. --Choice The meticulously prepared edition [The Essential Goethe] brims with Goethe's radiant insights and reflects his stunning virtuosity, confirming again his paramount position in European letters. --Publishers Weekly Succeeds in presenting Goethe from as many angles as can be fitted in between the covers of a single tome: the scientist beside the poet, the tireless observer of nature and eagle-eyed critic of art and society, the philosopher alongside the novelist and playwright. --Osman Durrani, Times Literary Supplement The Essential Goethe, a rich new anthology, a thousand pages long, edited by Matthew Bell . . . valiantly seeks to display every facet of Goethe's genius. --Adam Kirsch, New Yorker

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) was one of the greatest writers of the German Romantic period. Matthew Bell is professor of German and comparative literature at King's College London. His books include Goethe's Naturalistic Anthropology and Melancholia: The Western Malady.

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