false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178752110m/832491.jpg 832491 17 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, for the first time I achieved inner harmony...." For Goethe the writer, this temporal and spiritual journey was at the root of his development from Sturm und Drang to classicism, a decisive point in his life and the history of German literature. 1444774 1976 Italian Journey: 1786-1788 (Penguin Classics) total:93|5:32|4:25|3:29|2:5|1:2| 93 359 148 12 832491 0140442332 9780140442335 78 11 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178752110m/832491.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/832491.Italian_Journey_1786_1788 4 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:37:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:45:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 832491 0140442332 9780140442335 78 11 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178752110m/832491.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/832491.Italian_Journey_1786_1788 0 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 13:41:11 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 20:15:17 -0700 2008
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.

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