TY - BOOK AU - Goethe,Johann Wolfgang von AU - Morrison,A.J.W. AU - Oxenford,John TI - The Autobiography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: From My Own Life AV - PT PY - 2016/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Authors, German -- 18th century -- Biography KW - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 KW - Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichtung_und_Wahrheit; Release date is 2016-07-26; Produced by Laura Natal Rodriguez and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.); Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Autobiography of Goethe" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is an autobiography written between 1811-1833. The work chronicles Goethe's life from childhood through age 26, ending as he prepares to leave for Weimar in 1775. Goethe approaches his life story as scientist, historian, and artist—deliberately blending poetry and fiction with truth. He depicts his Frankfurt childhood, university years, and early literary success, while chronicling love affairs and intellectual development. The title's word "Dichtung" signals Goethe's artistic license in selecting and shaping events into compelling narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52654 ER -