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From My Life, Poetry and Truth (Parts One to Three): The Collected Works of Goethe, Volume 4

    Edited by
  • Thomas P. Saine
  • Jeffrey L. Sammons
    Introduction by
  • Thomas P. Saine
    Translated by
  • Robert R. Heitner

This authoritative English translation of Goethe鈥檚 memoirs paints a vibrant picture of his youth and formative years

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Covering the period from his birth in 1749 to his departure for Weimar in 1775, Goethe recalls his childhood and youth as the son of well-to-do, middle-class parents, his education and literary awakening, early loves, and the creation and reception of works from his Sturm und Drang years such as The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goetz von Berlichingen, and Urfaust. Not merely an account of Goethe鈥檚 life in his own words, this book also explores the influences on his early years鈥攆rom friends and mentors to famous personages of his time, intellectual movements, cities, and historical events鈥攖o paint a vivid portrait of his life and times.

The Collected Works of Goethe presents modern translations of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe鈥檚 vast body of work. Selected from more than 140 volumes in German, this twelve-volume series remains the standard collection in English and features poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing.