The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings - Softcover

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451510968 ISBN 13: 9780451510969

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1962

Synopsis

This classic selection of writings by Goethe reflects the author's philosophy of love and death.

@SourKraut Met a new girl today! Need to avoid being trapped in the friend zone this time.

She is engaged to some dweeb named Albert. What kind of a name is Al?

Truly, I am so sad. I am overcome with despair. I feel nothing but sorrow.

Have I noted how upset I am? I am very upset. #pain #angst #suffering #sexdep

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About this title

About the Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt-on-Main in 1749. He studied at Leipzig, where he showed interest in the occult, and at Strassburg, where Herder introduced him to Shakespeare’s works and to folk poetry. He produced some essays and lyrical verse, and at twenty-two wrote Götz von Berlichingen, a play which brought him national fame and established him in the current Sturm und Drang movement. This was followed by the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther in 1774, which was an even greater success.

Goethe began work on Faust, and Egmont, another tragedy before being invited to join the government of Weimar. His interest in the classical world led him to leave suddenly for Italy in 1786 and the Italian Journey recounts his travels there. Iphigenia in Tauris and Torquato Tasso, classical dramas, were written at this time. Returning to Weimar, Goethe started the second part of Faust, encouraged by Schiller. In 1806 he married Christiane Vulpius. During this late period he finished his series of Wilhelm Master books and wrote many other works, including The Oriental Divan (1819). He also directed the State Theatre and worked on scientific theories in evolutionary botany, anatomy and color. Goethe completed Faust in 1832, just before he died.

Review

Nature has endowed [Goethe] more generously than anyone since Shakespeare. -- Friedrich Schiller

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0451510968
• ISBN 13: 9780451510969
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256