{"product_id":"goethe","title":"Goethe","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful intellectual portrait, \u003cem\u003eGoethe: Life as a Work of Art\u003c\/em\u003e is celebrated as the seminal twenty-first-century biography of the writer considered to be the Shakespeare of German literature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), a remarkably prolific poet, playwright, novelist, and-as Rüdiger Safranksi emphasizes-a statesman and naturalist, first awakened not only a burgeoning German nation but the European continent with his electrifying novel \u003cem\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/em\u003e. Safranski has scoured Goethe's entire oeuvre, relying exclusively on primary sources, including his correspondence with contemporaries, to produce a \"fresh and authentic\" (\u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e) portrait of the avatar of the Romantic era. Skillfully blending \"artistic analysis with swift, sharp renderings\" of the great political and intellectual figures Goethe encountered, \"[Safranski's] portrait of the prolific genius leaves the reader with lasting awe, even envy\" of a monumental legacy (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). As Safranski ultimately shows, Goethe's greatest creation, even in comparison to his masterpiece Faust, was his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rüdiger Safranski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42849629962301,"sku":"9781631494895","price":35.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781631494895_30378a5b-4567-4ef4-8ff8-05f069eb35e2.jpg?v=1767040101","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/goethe","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}