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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, philosophy, pantheism, and science. His magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Goethe's other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. 1

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German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

Born 28 August 1749
Died 22 March 1832

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  • Cover of: Faust
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  • Cover of: The Sorrows of Werter: A German Story
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  • Cover of: Goethe's Poems
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  • Cover of: The autobiography of Goethe: truth and poetry, from my own life
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  • Cover of: Goethes Werke
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  • Cover of: Iphigenia in Tauris: a tragedy
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  • Cover of: Hermann and Dorothea
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  • Cover of: Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret.
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  • Cover of: Goethe in Italy: extracts from Goethes Italianische reise, for classroom use
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  • Cover of: Egmont, a tragedy
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  • Cover of: Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship and travels
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  • Cover of: Elective affinities
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  • Cover of: Goethe's Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand, ein Schauspiel: ed. with introduction, notes, and map by Frank Goodrich.
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  • Cover of: Liebesgedichte.
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  • Cover of: Early and miscellaneous letters: including letters to his mother
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  • Cover of: Sämtliche Werke
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  • Cover of: [Goethe's works]
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  • Cover of: Miscellaneous Travels: comprising Letters from Switzerland; The campaign in France, 1792; The siege of Mainz; and A tour on the Rhine, Maine, and Neckar, 1814-15
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  • Cover of: Torquato Tasso: a play
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  • Cover of: Zur Farbenlehre
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German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

Born 28 August 1749
Died 22 March 1832

Subjects

German Authors, Correspondence, Translations into English, Biography, Drama, Knowledge, Goethe, johann wolfgang von, 1749-1832, Art, Fiction, Description and travel, Travel, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Criticism and interpretation, German drama, German literature, Facsimiles, German language, Quotations, Science, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Poetry, German poetry, History and criticism, Literature, History

Places

Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, Rome, Rome (Italy), Harz Mountains, Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), Rhine River Valley, Sicily (Italy), Austria, Leipzig, Munich (Germany), Naples, Orient, Sicily, Venice (Italy), Weimar (Thuringia), Alsace, Alsace (France), Braunschweig, Campagna di Roma (Italy), Carthage, Champagne-Ardenne, Darmstadt

People

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Charlotte von Stein (1742-1827), Faust (-approximately 1540), Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832), Faust (d. ca. 1540), Marianne von Willemer, Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), Johann Jakob von Willemer (1760-1838), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lamoraal Egmont Graaf van (1522-1568), Anna Swanwick (1813-1899), Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859), Edgar Alfred Browning (1826-1911), F. A. Wolf (1759-1824), Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), Johann Christian Kestner (1741-1800), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), Theodore Martin Sir (1816-1900), Charlotte Buff Kestner (1753-1828), Christiane Vulpius (1765-1816), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813), Friederike-Elisabeth Brion (1752-1813)

Time

18th century, 19th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, Siege, 1793, Early works to 1800, 1501-1800, 16th century, 1800, 18e siècle, 19e siècle, 20th century, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, Early modern, 1500-1700, Germany, Germany, 20th Century, Berlin, Officina Serpentis, 1922, Jin dai, Revolution, 1792, Siglo XVIII, jin dai

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Alternative names

  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe
  • Goethe
  • J. Goethe
  • J. W. von Goethe
  • J. W. Goethe
  • Гёте
  • Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
September 8, 2024 Edited by MichaelVannin Edited without comment.
June 27, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
December 9, 2021 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names
June 1, 2010 Edited by Lance Arthur merge authors