Title: Goethe /
Authors: Wagner, Irmgard
Publisher: Twayne Publishers,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,; Authors, German Biography; Authors, German Biography
Abstract: Analyzes the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and discusses how his writings influenced other poets, what his inspirations were, and how his writings reflected the political, social, and economic atmosphere of the era he lived in.
Contents: A life in world historical context, 1749-1832 -- Sturm und Drang poetry : the great subjectivity -- Discovery of history and ideas in drama -- Problematic subjectivity : Die Leiden des jungen Werthers -- The productive paradox of Weimar and Italy -- Classicism and revolution -- Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre or abdication of the subject -- Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre or going beyond -- West-östlicher Divan and other late poetry -- Faust or recycling myth.