Author: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832); AUDEN, W. H. (WYSTAN HUGH) (1907-1973), TRANSLATOR; MAYER, ELIZABETH, TRANSLATOR
Title: Italian journey (1786-1788) / J.W. Goethe ; translated by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer
Description: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books 1970. Fifth Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; 508 p. ; 19 cm. Notes; This translation first published by Collins. 1962. Venue: Previous control number ISBN 0-14-044233-2. Translation of: Italienische Reise. Series; Penguin classics. Summary; In 1786. when he was already the acknowledged leader of the Sturm und Drang literary movement. Goethe set out on a journey to Italy to fulfil a personal and artistic quest and to find relief from his responsibilities and the agonies of unrequited love. As he travelled to Venice. Rome. Naples and Sicily he wrote many letters. which he later used as the basis for the Italian Journey. A journal full of fascinating observations on art and history. and the plants. landscape and the character of the local people he encountered. this is also a moving account of the psychological crisis from which Goethe emerged newly inspired to write the great works of his mature years. Subjects; Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 — Travel — Italy. Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 — Journeys — Italy. Travel. Italy — Description and travel — 1501-1800. Italy — Description and travel — Early works to 1800. Italy — Description & travel — 1786-1788 — Correspondence. diaries. etc. Essays. journals. letters & other prose works ; Classic travel writing. German ; Italy. TRAVEL / Europe / Italy. Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von. ISBN: 0140442332. Weight in Kg appr.:

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