| Goethe, Volume 9: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Contributor(s): Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (Author), Blackall, Eric A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0691043442 ISBN-13: 9780691043449 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid 1700's who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Literary Collections | European - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94039893 |
| Series: Goethe the Collected Works |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 396 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical and artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization. |