内容简介：德国诗人、哲人、学者歌德，因陶醉于意大利风光和希腊罗马古典艺术，而只身赴意大利旅行。旅行长达两年之久，这对歌德产生了重要影响，使他的思想起了重大转折，开始极力探索大自然无穷奥妙，追求希腊罗马艺术中体现的宁静、纯朴、和谐等。被视为歌德自传第二部的《意大利游记》记载了歌德在意大利旅行中的感受，可以从中了解诗人转向"古典"主义的变化。
（Book description: Goethe, German poet, philosopher and scholar, traveled alone in Italy for reveling in the Italian landscape and the Greek and Roman classical art. The travel, which took two years, had a significant impact on Goethe, making a major turning point of his thinking. He began to explore the endless mysteries of nature and pursue the tranquility, simplicity, harmony and so on reflected in the Greek and Roman arts. "The Italian Journey", which is regarded as the second part of Goethe's autobiography, records Goethe's experience in the travel of Italy, from which we can learn how a a poet turns to a "classical" one.）