Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is widely recognized as the greatest writer of the German tradition. The Romantic period in Germany (the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) is known as the Age of Goethe, and Goethe embodies the concerns of the...

The German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), who embraced many fields of human endeavor, ranks as the greatest of all German poets. Of all modern men of genius, Goethe is the most universal. The many-sided...

1749-1832 German Writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe was the last of the great universal scholars. He was the greatest German poet and an outstanding figure in many fields of writing. In addition to criticism, poetry, novels, and plays, his scientific...

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe - (1749 - 1832) German poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, critic, biographer, memoirist, and librettist. Goethe is considered Germany's greatest writer and a genius of the highest order. He...

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von(1749 s contributions to science is found in C. S. Sherrington, Goethe on Nature and on Science (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press,...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (help·info), IPA: [joˈhan/ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə], (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...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Biography Of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: 1749-1832 Place Of Birth: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on August 28, 1749, in the German town of Frankfort-on-the-Main. Family records indicate that his was a very difficult birth; Goethe later discovered that astrological...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Influences Introduction: Those influences which affect a creative artist cannot really be listed definitively-the whole world, the spirit of the times, the personality of the artist himself obviously become a part of the material he creates. In the case of every...

The restoration of Germany's famed Anna Amalia Library, a UNESCO World Heritage List site gutted by fire three years ago, has been completed, and the building will reopen next week, officials said Thursday.The $18.2 million restoration was undertaken after a fire blamed on an electrical...

A priceless manuscript at a Polish library shows how Mozart wrote down his Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major _ neat, small notes, no corrections.Its neighbor in the collection, Beethoven's original copy of the third movement of his Symphony No. 8, bears witness to...

In the following essay, Gustafson views Die natürliche Tochter as a play about gender transgression and the protection of the status quo.

In the following excerpt from his full-length treatment of Goethe's fiction, Lehnert explores the inner tensions in Goethe's Novelle, which he maintains adds to the complexity and greatness of Goethe's message that literature can act as a stabilizing social force.

In the following essay, Barry offers what he calls an “ironic reading” of Goethe's Novelle to show that the text is too rich to suggest only one “secret meaning.”

An analysis of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust and various poetic works.