BOOKS by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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1	Goethe's Faust more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Walter Kaufmann (Translator) add to wishlist Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Sorrows of Young Werther more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Though he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion and his infatuation torments him to the point of despair. The first great 'confessional' novel, it draws both on Goethe's own unrequited love for Charlotte ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
3	Faust more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe add to wishlist Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.45! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Sorrows of Young Werther: And Selected Writings more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Catherine Hutter (Translator), Marcelle Clements (Introduction by) add to wishlist This classic selection of writings by Goethe reflects the author's philosophy of love and death. This new, updated package includes a new Introduction. Reissue. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| SVS
5	Elective Affinities more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe add to wishlist In "Elective Affinities", a novel of tragic love, Goethe employs all the requisites of sentimental romance to give a deeply ironic perspective to the idea of love. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Sorrows of Young Werther more books like this by J W Von Goethe add to wishlist "The Sorrows of Young Werther, explores the extremes of the subjective experience through the novel's depiction of a sensitive young man caught up in a love impossible to fulfill. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Italian Journey: 1786-1788 more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, W H Auden (Translator) add to wishlist In 1786, when he was already the acknowledged leader of the Sturm und Drang literary movement, Goethe set out on a journey to Italy to fulfil a personal and artistic quest and to find relief from his responsibilities and the agonies of unrequited love. As he travelled to Venice, Rome, Naples and Sicily he wrote many letters, which he later used as ... see all copies from $2.03! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
8	Faust more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Faust: Part One more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, David Luke (Translator) add to wishlist Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.38! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Goethe's Faust more books like this by Louis MacNeice (Translator), Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, J W Von Goethe add to wishlist Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Goethe, Volume 2: Faust I & II more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stuart Atkins (Editor) add to wishlist Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $21.83! \| SVS
12 view cover	Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist This new series brings into modern English a reliable translation of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's vast body of work. This edition, selected from over 140 volumes in German, is the new standard in English and contains poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing by the man who is probably the most ... see all copies from $5.39! new only from $15.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Theory of Colours more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory--Goethe never even mentions it--that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern. see all copies from $11.86! new only from $21.54! \| first editions \| SVS
14	The Eternal Feminine: Selected Poems of Goethe more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frederick Ungar (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00!
15 view cover	Faust: 7part 1 more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Philip Wayne (Translator) add to wishlist A brief analysis of the development, style, and protagonists of "Faust" is included with Goethe's classic tale about a troubled man who sells his soul to the devil. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| SVS
16 view cover	Theory of colours. more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist In this classic of speculative science, the author of "Faust" provides a unique perspective on the nature of color. Although not scientifically accurate in light of current knowledge, it offers an invaluable exploration of color, art, aesthetics, and philosophy, marked by inimitable prose and stimulating ideas. see all copies from $8.09! new only from $8.09! \| SVS
17 view cover	Plays more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Frank G Ryder (Editor) add to wishlist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Plays Egmont, Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso. This volume will serve to illustrate the range of Goethe's long and unparalleled career. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $17.97! \| SVS
18 view cover	Faust: A Tragedy more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe add to wishlist Peter Sis's eerie illustrations accompany Jarrell's translations of Goethe's FAUST, PART I, which he translated during the last decade of his life. When Jarrell died before completing the task in 1965, Robert Lowell stepped in to finish the job. Goethe's German is rendered in unrhymed English. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Sufferings of Young Werther more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Bayard Q Morgan (Translator) add to wishlist "The Sorrows of Young Werther" explores the extremes of the subjective experience through the novel's depiction of a sensitive young man caught up in a love impossible to fulfill. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.82! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Selected Works more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe add to wishlist (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) One 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 of his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems, shows that he is not only one of the very greatest European writers: he ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $19.60! \| SVS
21 view cover	Oxford World's Classics more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, F D Luke (Editor) add to wishlist The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact, selling his soul for the devil's greater knowledge; over a period of 60 years he produced one of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70!
22 view cover	Faust: A Tragedy, Part One more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Martin Harry Greenberg (Translator) add to wishlist Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Maxims and Reflections more books like this by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe add to wishlist Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even bills ...Goethe was probably the last true 'Renaissance Man'. Although employed as a Privy Councillor at the Duke of Weimar's court, where he helped ... see all copies from $6.27! new only from $7.00! \| SVS
24 view cover	Goethe, Volume 9: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Eric A Blackall (Editor) add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $28.69! \| SVS
25 view cover	Faust: A Tragedy: Backgrounds and Sources, the Author on the Drama, Contemporary Reactions, Modern Criticism more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe add to wishlist Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions

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