The Will to Create: Goethe's Philosophy of Nature

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Price
$57.50
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Publish Date
Pages
272
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.66 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780822961451

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About the Author
Astrida Orle Tantillo, associate professor of Germanic Studies at the University of IllinoisÐChicago, is the author of Goethe's Elective Affinities and the Critics.
Reviews
Must Read !!!!!-- "Today's Books Public News Service"
Finally, we have a readable work in English comparable to Margrit Wyder's Goethes Naturmodell, Dorothea-Michaela Noe-Rumberg's Naturgesetze als Dichtungsprinzipien, and Gunther Schnitzler and Gottfried Schramm's Ein Unteilbares Ganzes that encompasses all aspects of Goethe's philosophy of nature. Tantillo takes the reader on a fascinating and illuminating journey of discovery through Goethe's life as a scientist and poet. I highly recommend this exciting and incisive study.-- "John A. McCarthy, Vanderbilt University"
Tantillo provides a valuable, lucid analysis of Goethe's scientific writings, showing (as have others) that these works are not what one would today consider scientific writing.-- "Choice"
Tantillo solves the problem of the validity of Goethe's science by reading him as a philosopher of nature. In this bold new reading, Goethe's nature is neither sentimental nor solely a principle of order. Tantillo shows us rather a dynamic, Faustian nature with its own creative will--sometimes brutal, sometimes monstrous. This eminently readable book is as important for readers of Goethe's poetry as for those of his science.-- "Jane K. Brown, University of Washington"