Literature

Essays on Art and Literature: The Collected Works of Goethe, Volume 3

    Edited by
  • John Gearey
    Translated by
  • Ellen von Nardroff
  • Ernest H. von Nardroff

Authoritative English translations of Goethe鈥檚 most illuminating essays on art and literature

Paperback

Price:
$27.95/拢22.00
ISBN:
Published:
Nov 17, 2026
Pages:
280
Size:
6.13 x 9.25 in.
Illus:
12 b/w illus.

Goethe鈥檚 lifelong reflections on art and literature serve as the foundation of his work as a poet, novelist, and man of science. Anyone interested in the history of European literary criticism, art, archaeology, or the theater will find great reward in exploring these remarkable essays. This volume features such important writings as 鈥淥n Gothic Architecture,鈥 鈥淥n the Laocoon Group,鈥 鈥淪hakespeare: A Tribute,鈥 and 鈥淥n Interpreting Aristotle鈥檚 Poetics,鈥 all of which shed critical light on Goethe鈥檚 thought and the aesthetic theories of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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.