The first book-length examination in English of the critical reception of Goethe's daring novel The Elective Affinities. From the time of its publication to tod

Excerpt from Goethe's Elective Affinities: With an Introduction AT the request of Mr. D. W. Niles, publisher, Boston, I have re-read, having read with pleasure

Better known as a poet and dramatist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was also a learned philosopher and natural scientist. Astrida Orle Tantillo offer

As illustrated in Goethe's famous novel of the same name, elective affinities are powerful relationships that crystallize under changing conditions. In this new