Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Italian Journey

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Italian Journey

Category: Science

Tags: Science, Misc. Non-fiction

Italian Journey By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Narrated by: Charlton Griffin Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 12-30-15 Language: English Publisher: Audio Connoisseur, Publishers Summary, Goethe was probably the greatest universal genius who ever lived. Although known primarily as a poet, playright, and novelist, he was also known for his work in anatomy, botany, color, art criticism, and jurisprudence. Many people are deterred from attempting to read anything by Goethe because of his extremely penetrating intelligence and dense prose. But his travel diary, Italian Journey, is by far easier to digest than anything else by him., The journal is a straightforward account of his sojourn to Italy as a young man between 1786 and 1789. The book has a modern ring to it, and indeed Goethe seems to foreshadow the coming of many of the things we consider modern today: intense self-examination, scientific methodology, and anthropology. But thats not what makes this a gr