Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1995
- ix, 387 p. ; 24 cm
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Works. English. 1994 ; v. 9. .
Classic fiction. Seduced by the chimerical world of the theatre and taking upon himself the grand ambition of becoming a successful performer and dramatist, the merchant's son Wilhelm Meister embarks on a tumultuous quest of self-discovery. Along his path he finds himself having to negotiate love, desire and the need to face up to his own past and responsibilities. A landmark in the history of European literature, Goethe's novel is not only one of the key works of Weimar Classicism and the prototype for the Bildungsroman genre, but also a timeless tale of coming into one's own and a fascinating portrayal of the late-eighteenth-century theatre world.
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