The Very Late Goethe: Self-Consciousness and the Art of Ageing / Edition 1

by Charlotte Lee

Overview

This book examines self-consciousness and very-lateness, those two intimately related phenomena, tracing the theme in Goethe's last major poems and autobiographical writings, before turning to the two 'giants', 'Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre' and 'Faust II'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909662124
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2014
Series:	Germanic Literatures
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charlotte Lee is a Junior Research Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Poetry 2. Autobiography 3. Prose Fiction 4. Faust