{"product_id":"maxims-and-reflections-isbn-9780140447200","title":"Maxims and Reflections","description":"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 oversee major mining, road-building and irrigation projects, he also painted, directed plays, carried out research in anatomy, botany and optics – and still found time to produce masterpieces in every literary genre. His fourteen hundred Maxims and Reflections reveal some of his deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, but also his immediate reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Although variable in quality, the vast majority have a freshness and immediacy which vividly conjure up Goethe the man. They make an ideal introduction to one of the greatest of European writers.\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.Maxims and ReflectionsPreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM \u003ci\u003eELECTIVE AFFINITIES\u003c\/i\u003e (1809)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Ottilie's Diary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM \u003ci\u003eART AND ANTIQUITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVol. I, issue 3: \u003ci\u003eNaïvety and Humour\u003c\/i\u003e (1818)\u003cbr\u003eVol. II, issue 3: \u003ci\u003eMatters of Serious Moment\u003c\/i\u003e (1820)\u003cbr\u003eVol. III, issue 1: \u003ci\u003eOwn and Adopted Ideas in Proverbial Formulation\u003c\/i\u003e (1821)\u003cbr\u003eVol. IV, issue 2: \u003ci\u003eOwn and Assimilated Material\u003c\/i\u003e (1823)\u003cbr\u003eVol. V, issue 1: \u003ci\u003eIndividual Points\u003c\/i\u003e (1824)\u003cbr\u003eVol. V, issue 2: \u003ci\u003eIndividual Points\u003c\/i\u003e (1825)\u003cbr\u003eVol. V, issue 3: \u003ci\u003eIndividual Points\u003c\/i\u003e (1826)\u003cbr\u003eVol. VI, issue 1: [untitled] (1827)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE \u003ci\u003ePERIODICAL ISSUES ON MORPHOLOGY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVol. I, issue 4: [untitled] (1822)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE \u003ci\u003ePERIODICAL ISSUES ON THE NATURAL SCIENCES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVol. II, issue 1: \u003ci\u003eOld Ideas, Almost out of Date\u003c\/i\u003e (1823)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM \u003ci\u003eWILHELM MEISTER'S JOURNEYMAN YEARS\u003c\/i\u003e (1829)\u003cbr\u003eThoughs about Art, Ethics and Nature in the Spirit of the Travellers\u003cbr\u003eFrom Makarie's Archive\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOSTHUMOUS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Literature and Life\u003cbr\u003eOn Art and Art History: Aphorisms for the Attention of Friends and Opponents\u003cbr\u003eOn Nature and Natural Science\u003cbr\u003eSketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings\u003cbr\u003eAddenda from the Posthumous Papers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\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.Goethe 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.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304119292133,"sku":"NP9780140447200","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140447200.jpg?v=1767732441","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/maxims-and-reflections-isbn-9780140447200","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}