The Sorrows of Young Werther |
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Author:
| von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang |
Translator:
| Boylan, R. |
Editor:
| Dole, Nathen |
Series title: | Standard Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-5077-9936-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.75 |
Book Description:
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No novel is more often connected to the German STURM UND DRANG (Storm and Stress) literary movement than Goethe's THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER. Written during the author's early twenties, it is a passionate, tragic story of hopeless love-and is somewhat autobiographical. Its publication immediately assured Goethe's literary prominence. The novel is also credited as a major influence on the development of the later Romantic movement in the literary arts. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, of...
More DescriptionNo novel is more often connected to the German STURM UND DRANG (Storm and Stress) literary movement than Goethe's THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER. Written during the author's early twenties, it is a passionate, tragic story of hopeless love-and is somewhat autobiographical. Its publication immediately assured Goethe's literary prominence. The novel is also credited as a major influence on the development of the later Romantic movement in the literary arts. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, of course, became one of the most celebrated names in Western literature. Author of four novels, he was also a prolific poet and a dramatist. But the creator of FAUST, PROMETHEUS, and many other great works did not limit his efforts to literature. His studies in botany, human anatomy, and physics established Goethe as one of the leading scientists of his time.