"The study of Goethe's life is a task that each generation must
undertake anew." Thus writes Richard Friedenthal, author of this
rich biography. Spanning eight momentous decades of war,
revolution, and social upheaval, Goethe's life reveals itself as
one of conflict and dynamic development, of inner contradiction and
unceasing creativity.
As novelist, dramatist, and poet, Goethe produced epochal works
of fiery romanticism, only later to dedicate himself to a classical
ideal of purity and measure. His superb love lyrics immortalize a
succession of ardent relationships; yet, in him too, was a strain
of frigid egotism mingled with an Olympian detachment. The new
introduction serves to place in perspective this outstanding work
on the German master.
He was capable of tirelessly exploring the external world as
physiologist, geologist, and botanist. He was equally capable of
plunging to the depths of profound subjective analysis. A minister
of state, a model of distinguished probity, Goethe nonetheless
lived a life of passionate seeking, eternally questioning official
values. Nothing perhaps better sums up this vast complexity than
his lifelong work, Faust, the supreme dramatization of man's quest
on earth.
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