Kerry Paul E.:
Enlightenment Thought In The Writings Of Goethe
A Contribution To The History Of Ideas
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (United States), 2009
Paperback, 260 pages
Size: 229x152 mm
ISBN: 9781571134073
ISBN-10: 1571134077
Enlightenment Thought In The Writings Of Goethe
Throughout his oeuvre, Goethe invokes the writers and thinkers of the Enlightenment: Voltaire and Goldsmith, Sterne and Bayle, Beccaria and Franklin. This book shows that Goethe is a child of the Enlightenment and an innovator of its legacy. It discusses a chronological swath of Goethe's works.

