{"covers": [4342178], "key": "/works/OL6212546W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL1603501A"}}], "title": "Goethe's Elective affinities and the critics", "subjects": ["Criticism and interpretation", "History", "Goethe, johann wolfgang von, 1749-1832", "Benjamin, walter, 1892-1940"], "subject_people": ["Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)", "Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "From the time of its publication to today, Goethe's famous novel The Elective Affinities (Die Wahlverwandtschaften, 1809), has aroused a storm of critical confusion. Critics in every age have disagreed about its content, its style, and its tone."}, "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T18:46:09.027655"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-12-18T16:47:58.643058"}}