Goethe Volume 10

<p>Goethe was a master of the short prose form. His two narrative cycles <i>Conversations of German Refugees</i> and <i>Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years</i> both written during a high point of his career address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas <i>Conversations of German Refugees</i> deals with the impact and significance of the French Revolution and suggests Goethe's ideas on the social function of his art. Goethe's last novel <i>Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years</i> is a sequel to <i>Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship</i> and to <i>Conversations of German Refugees</i> and is considered to be his most remarkable novel in form.</p>