{"product_id":"italian-journey-isbn-9780140442335","title":"Italian Journey","description":"Goethe's account of his passage through Italy from 1786 to 1788 is a great travel chronicle as well as a candid self-portrait of a genius in the grip of spiritual crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Italian Journey - Goethe       \u003ci\u003eTranslated by W. H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by W. H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Carlsbad to the Brenner, September 1786\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Brenner to Verona, September 1786\u003cbr\u003eFrom Verona to Venice, September 1786\u003cbr\u003eVenice, October 1786\u003cbr\u003eFrom Ferrara to Rome, October 1786\u003cbr\u003eRome, First Roman Visit, October 1786-February 1787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaples, February-March 1787\u003cbr\u003eSicily, March-May 1787\u003cbr\u003eNaples, May-June 1787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRome, Second Roman Visit, June 1787-April 1788\u003cbr\u003eJune 1787\u003cbr\u003eJuly 1787\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1787\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1787\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1787\u003cbr\u003eNovember 1787\u003cbr\u003eDecember 1787\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1788\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 1788\u003cbr\u003eMarch 1788\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Frankfurt-on-Main in 1749. He studied at Leipzig, where he showed interest in the occult, and at Strassburg, where Herder introduced him to Shakespeare’s works and to folk poetry. He produced some essays and lyrical verse, and at twenty-two wrote \u003cb\u003eGötz von Berlichingen\u003c\/b\u003e, a play which brought him national fame and established him in the current Sturm und Drang movement. This was followed by the novel \u003cb\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/b\u003e in 1774, which was an even greater success.\u003cp\u003eGoethe began work on \u003cb\u003eFaust\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eEgmont\u003c\/b\u003e, another tragedy before being invited to join the government of Weimar. His interest in the classical world led him to leave suddenly for Italy in 1786 and the Italian Journey recounts his travels there. \u003cb\u003eIphigenia in Tauris\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTorquato Tasso\u003c\/b\u003e, classical dramas, were written at this time. Returning to Weimar, Goethe started the second part of \u003cb\u003eFaust\u003c\/b\u003e, encouraged by Schiller. In 1806 he married Christiane Vulpius. During this late period he finished his series of Wilhelm Master books and wrote many other works, including \u003cb\u003eThe Oriental Divan\u003c\/b\u003e (1819). He also directed the State Theatre and worked on scientific theories in evolutionary botany, anatomy and color. Goethe completed \u003cb\u003eFaust\u003c\/b\u003e in 1832, just before he died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eW.H. Auden\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1907 and went to Oxford University, where he became Professor of Poetry from 1956 to 1960.  After the publication of his \u003cb\u003ePoems\u003c\/b\u003e in 1930, he became the acknowledged leader of the 'thirties poets'.  His poetic output was prolific, and he also wrote verse plays in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, with whom he visited china.  In 1946 he became a U.S. citizen.  He died in 1973.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Mayer\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Mecklengurg in 1884 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1936.  In collaboration with Louise Blogan she translated \u003cb\u003eWerther\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eElective Affinities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303358451941,"sku":"NP9780140442335","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140442335.jpg?v=1767730247","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/italian-journey-isbn-9780140442335","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}