Goethe: A Life in Ideas

by Matthew Bell

A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thought

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a poet, a novelist, a scientist and an essayist on a dizzying range of topics. In the nineteenth century, he was widely regarded as one of the most important thinkers of modern Europe. In this important and ambitious work, Matthew Bell offers a wide-ranging intellectual biography of Goethe, tracing the evolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691153957
• ISBN13: 9780691153957
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 680 Pages