Essays on art and literature / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; edited by John Gearey ; translated by Ellen von Nardroff and Ernest H. von Nardroff.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

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Essays on art and literature / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; edited by John Gearey ; translated by Ellen von Nardroff and Ernest H. von Nardroff.

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Description:

x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Goethe edition ; v. 3

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Essays on art. Architecture. On German architecture ; On Gothic architecture -- Ancient art. On the Laocoon group ; Myron's cow ; A grave near cumae -- European art. Giuseppe Bossi : On Leonardo da Vinci's Last supper at Milan ; Giotto's Last supper ; Ruisdael as poet ; Rembrandt the thinker ; Two landscapes by Philipp Hackert -- Theory and history of art. Simple imitation, manner, style ; On realism in art ; Introduction to the Propylaea ; Ancient versus modern ; A challenge for a modern sculptor ; Christ and twelve figures from the Old and New Testaments : a suggestion for sculptors ; Winckelmann and his age ; The collector and his circle -- pt. 2. Essays on literature. Literary criticism. Shakespeare : a tribute ; Shakespeare once again ; Laurence Sterne ; On Byron's Manfred ; On Byron's Cain ; Dante ; On Calderon's Daughter of the air ; A German Gil Blas ; Faust (Tragédie de Monsieur de Goethe) --and poetry ; On Carlyle's German romance ; Advice for young poets ; Further advice for young poets.
Literary theory. Response to a literary rabble-rouser ; On epic and dramatic poetry ; Didactic poetry ; On Greek tetralogies ; On interpreting Aristotle's Poetics ; Plato as party to a Christian revelation ; Stages of man's mind ; Justus Möser : superstition and poetry / On Carlyle's German romance ; Advice for young poets ; Further advice for young poets -- pt. 3. Observations on art and literature. On dilettantism ; On acting ; On world literature.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

3518030582
9783518030585

Subject:

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Aesthetics.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Knowledge and learning.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Knowledge Literature.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Knowledge Art.
Literature History and criticism.
Art.
Arts.
Littérature Histoire et critique.
works of art.
fine arts (discipline)
Aesthetics.
Literature.
Learning and scholarship.
1770-1829

Form/genre:

works of art.
Art.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Gearey, John, 1926-
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Works. English. 1983 ; v. 3.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105626
Call No.: ID PT2193; ID:94-B2259
Copy: v.3
Status: Available

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