Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The enlightened eye The enlightened eye Patricia Anne Simpson,Evelyn K. Moore "Essays cover a range of media from painting and the decorative arts to theater, sculpture, and the science of seeing." from Introduction. OL19807422W
Demonic History Demonic History Kirk Wetters In this ambitious book, Kirk Wetters traces the genealogy of the demonic in German literature from its imbrications in Goethe to its varying legacies in the work of essential authors, both canonical … OL20338554W
Schreiben Schreiben Jens Loescher This study addresses the phenomenon of writing, and more specifically, the process of literary and scientific writing, as seen at the intersection of literary scholarship, empirical writing research,… OL23223119W
Strange dislocations Strange dislocations Carolyn Steedman Carolyn Steedman's work on the theme of childhood is amongst the most radically innovative in Britain today. In this brilliant new study she takes as her starting point the idea of childhood and its … OL2397748W
Love, Life, Goethe Love, Life, Goethe John Armstrong Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is often remembered only as a figure of literary genius -- author of The Sorrows of Young Werther and Faust but someone with no special relevance to the way we live today. … OL6039225W
The Will to Create The Will to Create Astrida Orle Tantillo "Renowned for his contributions to the literary world. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) believed his greatest accomplishments were in the fields of science and natural philosophy. In fact, Goet… OL6212547W
Notes on Goethe's "Faust", parts 1 and 2 Notes on Goethe's "Faust", parts 1 and 2 Robert J. Milch This dramatic poem in two parts is Goethe's greatest work. The poem is based on the legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil and deals with the man's sense of alienation and his need to come t… OL7156959W