This splendid biography wall street journal of goethe presents his life and. Drawing upon the trove of letters, diaries, and notebooks goethe left behind, as well as correspondence and criticism from goethes contemporaries, safranski weaves a rich tale of europe in. When schopenhauer first proposed his philosophy of weeping and gnashing of teeth, during the heady wild years of romantic idealism, it found few followers. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Adorno among others, german studies, history and art history in frankfurt am main and berlin. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. University of oregon annalisa baumeister rudiger safranski.
One of the centurys greatest philosophers, without whom there would be no sartre, no foucault, no frankfurt school, martin heidegger was also a man of great. Schopenhauer and the wild years of philosophy rudiger. This page was last edited on 16 october 2019, at 07. Drawing upon the trove of letters, diaries, and notebooks goethe left behind, as. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Along the way safranski portrays the rich culture of goethes weimar, hegels berlin, and other centers of german literary and intellectual life. Safranski has scoured goethes entire oeuvre, relying exclusively on. Young arthurs discussions with goethe on the theory of colors got his own philosophy of sensation underway. More pointedly, brown demonstrates the continuity underlying goethes diverse body of work.
Life as a work of art free books epub truepdf azw3 pdf. On his nonliterary pursuits, safranski notes goethes interests in mineralogy, comparative anatomy, plant morphology, and color theory. A giant german goethes life as a work of art books. A masterful life of the prolific playwright, novelist, statesman, and poet who defined german romanticism. Safranski s most popular works are monographs on friedrich schiller, e. In philosophy, goethe tended to avoid abstract systems in favor of pulling out and developing a few thoughts. Life as a work of art is celebrated as the seminal twentyfirstcentury biography of the writer considered to be the shakespeare of german literature. The author sheds light on the varieties of darkness that shade the life and thought of, arguably, germanys most influential 20thcentury philosopher. Life as a work of art reveals, when the prolific writer wasnt producing manuscripts, he was applying his talents to the municipal good.
Dat is wat rudiger safranski zich ten doel heeft gesteld met goethe. When schopenhauer first proposed his philosophy of weeping and gnashing of teeth, during the heady wild years. Life as a work of art by rudiger safranski, 9780871404909, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Faust has long been considered one of the most important works of european literature ever published. Indeed, goethe s unparalleled literary output would come to define the romantic age. Safranski wurde vor allem durch monografien zu schiller, e. Was goethe in seinen aufzeichnungen vergessen hat, rudiger safranski. Hoffmann, arthur schopenhauer, friedrich nietzsche, and martin heidegger. Drawing upon the trove of letters, diaries, and notebooks. Along the way safranski portrays the rich culture of goethe s weimar, hegels berlin, and other centers of german literary and intellectual life. Life as a work of art is the first definitive biography in a generation to tell the largerthanlife story of the writer considered to be the shakespeare of german literature.