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The following is a list of the major publications of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). 142 volumes comprise the entirety of his literary output, ranging from the poetical to the philosophical, including 50 volumes of correspondence.
The most important of Goethe's works produced before he went to Weimar were Götz von Berlichingen (1773), a tragedy that was the first work to bring him recognition, and the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) (1774), which gained him enormous fame as a writer in the Sturm und Drang period which marked ...
"Wanderer's Nightsong" (original German title: "Wandrers Nachtlied") is the title of two poems by the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Written in 1776 ("Der du von dem Himmel bist") and in 1780 ("Über allen Gipfeln "), they are among Goethe's most famous works. Both were first edited together in his 1815 Works Vol.
Pages in category "Works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... This page was last edited on 4 January 2014, ...
When Goethe completed Werther, he likened his mood to one experienced “after a general confession, joyous and free and entitled to a new life”. For Goethe the Werther effect was a cathartic one, freeing himself from the despair in his life. [3] The book reputedly also led to some of the first known examples of copycat suicide. The men were ...
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Goethe finished writing Faust, Part Two in 1831; it was published posthumously the following year. In contrast to Faust, Part One , the focus here is no longer on the soul of Faust, which has been sold to the devil , but rather on social phenomena such as psychology , history and politics , in addition to mystical and philosophical topics.
"Erlkönig" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlking, a king of the fairies. It was originally written by Goethe as part of a 1782 Singspiel, Die Fischerin. "Erlkönig" has been called Goethe's "most famous ballad". [1]