{"product_id":"selected-works-of-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-introduction-by-nicholas-boyle-9780375410444","title":"Selected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Introduction by Nicholas Boyle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Introduction by Nicholas Boyle\u003c\/strong\u003e by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780375410444.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning hardcover edition of Goethes four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems.\n\nOne of the towering figures of world literature, Goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the English-speaking world as he deserves. This collection shows that he is not only one of the very greatest European writers: he is also accessible, entertaining, and contemporary.\n\nThe Sorrows of Young Werther is a story of self-destructive love that made its author a celebrity overnight at the age of twenty-five. Its exploration of the conflicts between ideas and feelings, between circumstance and desire, continues in his controversial novel probing the institution of marriage, Elective Affinities. The cosmic drama of Faust goes far beyond the realism of the novels in a poetic exploration of good and evil, while Italian Journey, written in the author’s old age, recalls his youth in Italy and the impact of Mediterranean culture on a young northerner.\n\nTranslators include W. H. Auden, Louise Bogan, David Constantine, Barker Fairley, and Elizabeth Mayer.\n\nEverymans Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the authors life and times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946109038645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375410449","price":46.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375410444_6e466566-d249-453a-8c22-e09b263cd2bf.jpg?v=1778949801","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selected-works-of-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-introduction-by-nicholas-boyle-9780375410444","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}