The Spell of Italy: Vacation, Magic, and the Attraction of Goethe

by Richard Block

A study of the lure of Italy in German culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

Wearied by his life as an administrator at the Duke's court in Weimar, in 1786 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe departed unannounced in the middle of the night for what had been the destination of his imagination since childhood: Italy. His extended stay there dramatically affected his views of art, architecture, prose, poetry, and science. When...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332692
• ISBN13: 9780814332696
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"