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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Frankfurt am Main, 1749 – Weimar, 1832) German writer (poet, novelist, playwright), politician, humanist, scientist, and natural philosopher (a Polymath). He studied at the universities of Leipzig and Strasbourg.
In Literature, Goethe is one of the greatest figures.
Goethe produced volumes of poetry, essays, criticism, and scientific work, including a theory of optics and early work on evolution and linguistics. He was fascinated by minerals and early mineralogy (the mineral goethite is named for him). As a philosopher and writer he is one of the key figures in the transition from the Enlightenment to Romanticism. [1]
Contents
Works
Among many other great works:
- Götz von Berlichingen (1773)
- The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774)
- Hermann and Dorothea
- Faust (1832)
- Poetry and Truth (1833). Memoires. (Aus Meinem Leben. Dichtung und Wahrheit)
See also
External links
- Goethe Books and Writers.
- JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
