Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Wilhelm goes through deep self-realisation and decides to escape his empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theatre, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. A coming-of-age tale, a story of education and disillusionment, a novel of ideas ranging across literature, philosophy and politics, a masterpiece that resists all pigeonholing.
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Con frac azul y chaleco amarillo, muchos jóvenes en el reino de Prusia (actual Alemania), paseaban por las calles imitando la vestimenta del personaje en el libro sensación de la época, Las penas del joven Werther. Asimismo, la exaltación de las emociones y la trágica culminación, hacía que el suicidio fuera un fenómeno social sin precedentes... y todo por amor. Un libro que sirve de catarsis al mismo Goethe, autor de este libro, en donde...
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Faust: A Tragedy (German: Faust. Eine Tragödie), or retrospectively Faust. Der Tragödie / erster Teil) is the first part of the tragic play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and is considered by many as the greatest work of German literature. It was first published in 1808. The first part of Faust is not divided into acts, but is structured as a sequence of scenes in a variety of settings. After a dedicatory poem and a prelude in the theater,...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28th August 1749 in Frankfurt, All of his siblings died at a young age except for his sister Cornelia and he was home schooled by his father and a range of tutors. He went to Leipzig to study law but preferred writing poetry. However, from these relatively unremarkable beginnings blossomed a remarkable life. Goethe became the most important cultural icon of his time. Whilst his influence is most closely seen...
6) Egmont
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In "Egmont", Goethe relates the fight of Count Egmont (1522-1568) against the despotic Duke of Alba. Egmont is a famous Dutch warrior and the Duke of Alba represents the Spanish invader. Though under threat of arrest, Egmont refuses to run away and give up his ideal of liberty. Imprisoned and abandoned because of the cowardice of his people, and despite the desperate efforts of his mistress Klaerchen, he is sentenced to death. Thus, faced with her...
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Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend who makes a pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge. The meaning of the word and name has been reinterpreted through the ages. "Faust" has taken on a connotation distinct from its original use, and is often used today to describe a person whose headstrong desire for self-fulfillment leads him or her in a diabolical direction.
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Aus einem Zirkus entlaufen zwei Raubtiere - ein Tiger und ein Löwe. Als eine Fürstin von dem Tiger angegriffen wird, wird dieser von einem Begleiter erschossen. Die Schaustellerfamilie fürchtet nun um das Leben des Löwen. Tatsächlich gelingt es dem Sohn der Familie, den Löwen aus seinem Versteck zu locken und ihn damit vor dem gewaltsamen Tod zu bewahren. Parabelhaft birgt diese Geschichte die Erkenntnis, dass der Mächtige durch Kunst und Liebe...
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Brüssel im 16. Jahrhundert: Die Niederlande wollen das Joch der spanisch-habsburgischen Herrschaft abschütteln. Ihre Hoffnung ruht auf Graf Egmont, einem der drei niederländischen Statthalter. Er erscheint ihnen als der ideale Volksführer, großherzig, verantwortungsvoll und beliebt. Sein Gegenspieler, der brutale Herzog Alba, folgt allein den Gesetzen der Staatsautorität. Er führt den freiheitlich denkenden Egmont mit einer List ins Verderben.
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Translated in the original metres" by Edgar Alfred Bowring. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth."
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Exceptionally fine poetry by Germany's greatest literary figure spans a wide range of styles, forms and moods, offering a rich selection of the poet's verse - from his earliest, "An den Schlaf" ("To Sleep"), written when he was 18, to his last great poem, "Verdächtnis" ("Legacy"), written when he was 80.
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These are the letters of Werther, a young artist of highly sensitive and passionate temperament, sent to his friend Wilhelm. In these letters, Werther gives an intimate account of his stay in the village Wahlheim. He is, enchanted by the peasants there and falls instantly in love with Charlotte. Charlotte is, however, already engaged.
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Beloved by the gods for his wisdom, the demigod Tantalus was once invited to their fellowship. Becoming boisterous whilst celebrating with them, he began to boast, and he stole the gods' nectar and ambrosia, their food of immortality. When the gods came to see Tantalus in turn, he tested their omniscience by offering his own son Pelops to them as their meal. Offended by the deception, the gods banished Tantalus from their community to Tartarus and...
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Mit dem Geheimrat zu verreisen, ist ein ganz besonderes Vergnügen. Im September 1786 bricht Johann Wolfgang Goethe – 37-jährig und gelangweilt vom Ministerleben – in Richtung Süden auf. Es geht über den Brenner und an den Gardasee, über Verona nach Venedig, weiter über Bologna, Rom und Neapel bis nach Sizilien. Die "Italienische Reise" ist eine der berühmtesten Reisebeschreibungen der Literaturgeschichte, sie ist aber auch ein Buch über...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, con su excepcional habilidad para retratar de manera precisa los movimientos más sutiles y complejos del alma, es indiscutiblemente uno de los grandes nombres de la literatura mundial y el principal escritor en lengua alemana. En "Los años de aprendizaje de Guillermo Meister", Goethe narra la trayectoria del joven Wilhelm Meister, hijo de una pareja de la burguesía alemana. Contrariando las expectativas de la familia,...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was one of the greatest artists of the German Romantic period. He was a poet, playwright, novelist, and natural philosopher. David E. Wellbery is the LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago.
One of the great classics of European literature, Faust is Goethe's most complex and profound work....
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By the time Goethe's "Theory of Colours" appeared in 1810, the wavelength theory of light and colour had been firmly established. To Goethe, the theory was the result of mistaking an incidental result for an elemental principle. Far from pretending to a knowledge of physics, he insisted that such knowledge was an actual hindrance to understanding. He based his conclusions exclusively upon exhaustive personal observation of the phenomena of colour....
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Johann Wolfgang Goethes 1776 erschienenes und uraufgeführtes Drama Stella, ein »Schauspiel für Liebende«, handelt von Cäcilie (anfangs unter dem Namen Madame Sommer), ihrer Tochter Lucie, der Baronesse Stella – und Fernando, der Mann, der beide Frauen verlassen hat und sich zu beiden Frauen hingezogen fühlt. In einer Poststation treffen sie alle zusammen. In der Folge lösen Fluchtgedanken und Verzichtsbekundungen einander ab. Die schließlich...
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The wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established by the time the great German poet published his Theory of Colours in 1810. Nevertheless, Goethe believed that the theory derived from a fundamental error, in which an incidental result was mistaken for a elemental principle. Far from affecting a knowledge of physics, he maintained that such a background would inhibit understanding. The conclusions Goethe draws here rest entirely...
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El apasionado y sentimental Werther ha encontrado la felicidad en un pequeño pueblo en el que el delicioso paisaje y la gente sencilla que lo habita aportan la calma y la serenidad que precisa su inquieto espíritu. Durante un baile trabará amistad con Lotte, la hija de un corregidor del príncipe, quien desde el primer instante despierta en él una pasión que ni siquiera el compromiso matrimonial de la joven puede apagar. Pese a ser consciente...
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