The Sorrows Of Young Werther: And Selected Writings - Softcover

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang

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9780451529626: The Sorrows Of Young Werther: And Selected Writings

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ISBN 10: 0451529626 ISBN 13: 9780451529626

Publisher: Signet Classics, 2001

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Presents a masterful new translation of the compelling iconic novel about a young man's obsession and fatal passion for a married woman, and other writings that deal with the author's philosophy of love and death. Reissue.

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"Nature has endowed [Goethe] more generously than anyone since Shakespeare."--Friedrich Schiller
"[In] Werther, all the richness of [Goethe's] gift was apparent....The extreme, nerve-shattering sensitivity of the little book...evoked a storm of applause which went beyond all bounds and fairly intoxicated the world."--Thomas Mann

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 G�tz 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.

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