false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174280054m/376160.jpg 376160 51 <p><i>Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship</i>, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first <i>Bildungsroman</i> and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric Blackall's fresh translation of the work, this edition contains notes and an afterword by the translator that aims to put this novel into historical and artistic perspective for twentieth-century readers while showing how it defies categorization.</p> 904823 1795 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Goethe: The Collected Works, Vol. 9) total:102|5:30|4:38|3:24|2:6|1:4| 102 390 236 7 5 0 false false Wed Dec 10 10:04:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:05:17 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:39:30 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 09:09:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jan 24 13:25:48 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 13:27:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 20:21:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 20:24:38 -0800 2009
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