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Apr 23, 2024 · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist, considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.
Mar 31, 2020 · Lily Rockefeller. Published on March 31, 2020. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, playwright, poet, and statesman who has been described as Germany’s William Shakespeare.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary , political , and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOETHE. TRUTH AND POETRY: FROM MY OWN LIFE. By Johan Wolfgang von Goethe Translated from the German JOHN OXENFORD. BOOKS I.-XX. REVISED EDITION. LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1897
May 30, 2019 · Michael Schmitz. Updated on May 30, 2019. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the most important German literary figure of modern times and is often compared to Shakespeare and Dante. He was a poet, dramatist, director, novelist, scientist, critic, artist and statesman during what was known as the Romantic period of European arts.
By his death, he was seen not just as the commanding literary figure of his age in Germany, but as the greatest writer the country, and German language, had ever produced.
Jun 29, 2011 · 5. Poems -- v. 6. Iphigenia in Tauris. Torquato Tasso. Goetz von Berlichingen. The fellow-citizen / trans. by Sir Walter Scott, E.A. Bowring and Anna Swanwick -- v. 7. Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship / trans. by Thomas Carlyle -- v. 8. Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship and travels. The recreations of the German emigrants / trans. by Thomas ...