Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, poet, playwright, novelist, literary critic, statesman, and natural philosopher; central figure of Weimar Classicism. Best known for works such as Faust, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.
Books
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1. The Sorrows Of A Young Werther
An intimate, epistolary portrait of a sensitive young artist who falls desperately in love with a woman promised to another man; his letters chronicle the swelling intensity of his passion, mounting alienation from society, and the collapse of hope into profound despair, culminating in tragic self-destruction. The work probes the dangers of unchecked sentiment and romantic idealism, the conflict between individual feeling and social constraints, and the contagious nature of melancholy among the young.
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