Conversations of Goethe with Eckerman and Soret (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Johann Peter Eckermann
- First Published: 1836
- Type of Work: Diary
- Time of Work: 1823-1832
- Setting: Weimar, Germany
- Principal Characters: JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, JOHANN PETER ECKERMANN, FREDERIC SORET
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
- Subjects: Immortality, Nature, Nineteenth century, Religion, Poetry or poets, Drama or dramatists, Afterlife, Germany or German people, Romanticism, Shakespeare, William, or Shakespearean plays, Naturalists
- Locales: Weimar, Germany
There is no doubt that Goethe must be classified as the outstanding genius of German literature. The question remains which of his works is the most important one. For some readers it is WILHELM MEISTERS LEHRJAHRE (WILLIAM MEISTER’S APPRENTICESHIP), the prototype of the educational novel or BILDUNGSROMAN. For others it is FAUST, the perennial favorite of German theater audiences. But many Goethe scholars usually place the CONVERSATIONS WITH ECKERMANN close to the top of the list. It seems that the absence of any requirement for literary form...
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