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Containing the letters and diaries that Goethe wrote during his journey to Italy at age thirty-seven, Italian Journey reveals his tremendous range of interests. His writings cover literature, art history and his own struggle to be a painter, various sciences and political events, personal encounters, and the Italian landscape. "In Rome," Goethe wrote, "I first found myself...more
Hardcover, 724 pages
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by Beck
(first published 1786)
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Title: Italienische Reise
[Title:] [Italian Journey]
Time: 1786-88
Destination:
Italy
Length: about 2 years
Type: overland
Rating: 4/10
The boring genius
First things first: By the time JWG embarks on his big journey to Italy, he is already a veritable superstar: Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther) of 1774 had been a real zinger, and JGW had consequently been made JW von G in 1782.
The story of this journey: JWG breaks out of the German literary c...more
أنا أعشق هذا الكتاب ولكن لربما هو عشق شخصي فقد حاولت تتبع مسار تلك الرحلة بعد أن قرأت عنها في روايات دان براون المثيرة حول روبرت لانغدون والتي تتصدرها "شفرة دافنشي". في كتاب دان براون الثري بالأسرار والخفايا المريبة حول الماسونية وفرسان الهيكل شيء من السحر الذي يجعلك تتحلى بالفضول لمعرفة مدى صحة وجود عالم كهذا. وجزء كبير من هذا العالم تحمل رسائله رحلة غوته إلى إيطاليا
لم أكمل الرحلة كاملة فقد توقفت لظروف فرضت علي أن أغير مسار رحلتي نحو ريف فرنسا ومنه إلى بريطانيا..!! :) لكنني استعضت عن إكمالها بت...more
لم أكمل الرحلة كاملة فقد توقفت لظروف فرضت علي أن أغير مسار رحلتي نحو ريف فرنسا ومنه إلى بريطانيا..!! :) لكنني استعضت عن إكمالها بت...more
This book was awesome. Well it is really the scraps of his journal (where he is mercifully brief in most moments) and letters sent to friends back home in Weimar.
He talks about geology and architecture and weather, a lot, and also about the ladies (making note of which cities have the more attractive women). He comments in most fun and insightful ways like on page 96, "I'd like to write you a calm, rational word again now, because the last few days it wouldn't work. I don't know how it will tur...more
He talks about geology and architecture and weather, a lot, and also about the ladies (making note of which cities have the more attractive women). He comments in most fun and insightful ways like on page 96, "I'd like to write you a calm, rational word again now, because the last few days it wouldn't work. I don't know how it will tur...more
I highly recommend reading this book before traveling to Italy. Written by Frankfurt's favorite son- it is one of my favorite travelling books. Goethe says, “To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.” I must admit I have not seen Sicily, but what other parts of Italy I have seen I have totally fallen in love with. So many layers of history, incredible food, scenery, life, love, and vibrancy: something for everyone to lov...more
Through mere words, can one fall in love with a man dead for over 200 years? As foolish as that sounds, I have done just that. Goethe is an individualist, an introspective seeker, a refined gentleman, an educated adventurer and a romantic hero. What is not to love?
Even though this enjoyable book was written in the late 1700's, it has the feel of being written in the early 20th century. It is immensely readable and thoroughly insightful. I felt like I went on the journey with him, and I wish it c...more
Even though this enjoyable book was written in the late 1700's, it has the feel of being written in the early 20th century. It is immensely readable and thoroughly insightful. I felt like I went on the journey with him, and I wish it c...more
Apr 29, 2008
Mike
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Travelers, those interested in how a proto Romantic thought of antiquity
A few preliminaries:
This was my first experience with Goethe.
I picked it up because I'd just finished Crime and Punishment and wanted something lighter to read on a trip I took in March.
I'd remembered his quote about Sicily: "To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to have seen nothing, for Sicily is the clue to everything."
WH Auden's introduction says that this would be a good book on which to start with Goethe, and I agree. The fact that it is composed largely of letters written home...more
This was my first experience with Goethe.
I picked it up because I'd just finished Crime and Punishment and wanted something lighter to read on a trip I took in March.
I'd remembered his quote about Sicily: "To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to have seen nothing, for Sicily is the clue to everything."
WH Auden's introduction says that this would be a good book on which to start with Goethe, and I agree. The fact that it is composed largely of letters written home...more
To admit to not really liking it would make me feel like a cretin. Liked it well enough; or, reading it was analogous to eating eggplant--it didn't kill me and I'm sure that I got something out of it. No, what I really want to say is this: My God, Goethe really was a mopey boy.
Amazing to follow a full blown genius in his travels. As time goes on, he sheds himself of some of his puritanical formation and opens up to the artistic renaissance of the mediterranean.
Found this book at a used bookstore and was skimming it and found myself laughing out loud at the way he grumpily started each entry...too funny. I hope it all is that funny.
Mar 17, 2010
E.J. Matze
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
germanists
Recommended to E.J. by:
university
Am looking at the picture often, because it is on the cover of a book that is placed across the (small) room.
A bit boring when he starts to talk about every type of rock an mineral he comes by on during his journey.
Loved this book. So well written and so descriptive and colorful. Like eating a big beautiful ripe apple.
the 12 book serie about goethes live is very precious and interessting..
Germany's national author jots down his memoirs of "The Boot".
I couldn't finish this one. But I would have liked to.
An 18th-century travelogue.
Certain travel memoirs capture my interest and this one allowed me to relive my Italian experiences through the eyes of someone 300 years in the past. The intriguing thing was he spoke of, described, and sensed the exact same landscapes, architecture, and history I did....Italy hasn't changed much over the centuries and I love that.
Evocador, los viajes de Goethe por Italia son muy diferentes de cualquier viaje "turístico".
Lo leí antes de viajar por este país, y disfruté evocando sus sensaciones al tiempo que vivía mi propio viaje. Me gusta viajar con libros en las manos.
Lo leí antes de viajar por este país, y disfruté evocando sus sensaciones al tiempo que vivía mi propio viaje. Me gusta viajar con libros en las manos.
It was interesting to read this along with 'Italian Journey' and see the differences between Goethe's immediate impressions and how he changed them in the published book.
I didn't *really* read the original version in German, I just couldn't find the English translation version in the search function here :P
Oct 19, 2008
Jay
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
not many people
You'd have to read this in German, and care about Goethe to find this interesting. Or Italy in like 1760 or something like that.
La parte dedicata al viaggio in Sicilia è stupenda...coincidentemente ho fatto lo stesso tragitto...
My personal favourite. A must read for travellers, planning the classic Italian journey.
Very light and relaxing, shows the multitasking curiosity of a big genius.
Boring Enlightment scholarly-adventurism
If only one could still travel like this.
Nov 26, 2007
Charles Baudelaire
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People going to Italy
REALLY GOOD TRAVEL WRITING
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, and science. Goethe's magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Goethe's other well-known literary works include h...more
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