Essays on Art and Literature

Campaign in France 1792 — Siege of Mainz, Goethe's narrative of the unsuccessful campaign and the siege, has become a classic text for the history of Franco-German relations during the revolutionary period. A product of recollection, historical hindsight, and considerable study of other published sources, it is a fascinating document of the military catastrophe exposing the decline of Prussian power since the death of Frederick II, which eventually culminated in Napoleon's devastating 1806 victory at Jena and Auerstedt.

• Author
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gearey, Ellen von Nardroff, Ernest H. von Nardroff

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 284

• Publisher
• Princeton University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780691036571

• Genres
• essays, literature

• Release date
• 1994