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Autobiography of Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Johann Goethe was a literary celebrity by the age of 25 and was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Carl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November of 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He lived in Germany from 1749-1832. This period corresponds to the same time as the Seven Years' War, and the French and American Revolutions (1754-1815). Goethe was a member of the Sturm und Drang literary movement. This group of writers believed that literature should shock the audience in order to produce extreme emotions as a counterbalance to the rationalist movement which promoted detachment in the sciences. This is the first part of his autobiography, which he called Truth and Fiction or Truth and Poetry depending on the translator. Goethe wrote poems, such as, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, as well as plays, novels and some scientific works. He wrote the play Faust. He was an Anti-Enlightenment writer. Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) assisted with the 1839 English translation of Johann Peter Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe in the Last Years of his Life.
Johann Goethe was a literary celebrity by the age of 25 and was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Carl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November of 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He lived in Germany from 1749-1832. This period corresponds to the same time as the Seven Years' War, and the French and American Revolutions (1754-1815). Goethe was a member of the Sturm und Drang literary movement. This group of writers believed that literature should shock the audience in order to produce extreme emotions as a counterbalance to the rationalist movement which promoted detachment in the sciences. This is the first part of his autobiography, which he called Truth and Fiction or Truth and Poetry depending on the translator. Goethe wrote poems, such as, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, as well as plays, novels and some scientific works. He wrote the play Faust. He was an Anti-Enlightenment writer. Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) assisted with the 1839 English translation of Johann Peter Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe in the Last Years of his Life.
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This is a very honest person trying to make sense of the world and the sometimes impressive nature and really thinking about it (loves to write).
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“From my Life: Poetry and Truth” is an autobiography of Johann Wolfgang Goethe written between the years 1811-33.
He does not describe his whole life but his childhood and youth (1749-1775). In the book there are mentioned his inspirations for his literary works.
What we learn from the book:
- he had
Libro inmenso, pero al mismo tiempo difícil. No porque sea de lenguaje complicado, sino por su minuciosidad, la importancia que da a las pequeñas cosas. En cierto modo me recuerda a El Mundo de Ayer, de Zweig
Maravillosa autobiografía.
Me encantó conocer la infancia y adolescencia de este grandioso escritor, poeta y científico alemán.
Pasear con él por Frankfurt, Leipzig, Estrasburgo, Weimar y otros lugares y ciudades fue interesante.
Me encanta recorrer otras épocas a través de personajes que han dejado h
Okay, den dritten Stern gibt es aus Respekt für unseren größten Dichter und Denker. Denn eigentlich ist das hier ebenso weitschweifig wie fade. Und das liegt nicht nur daran, dass man seinerzeit etwas mehr zum Fabulieren neigte. Verglichen mit den Memoiren Casanovas ist der mangelnde Witz und die Un
A tough read. Very tough. a) incredibly long, b) difficult to tell what is Dichtung and what is Wahrheit, c) oh my god the tangents. Like, yay, Goethe summarizes the bible. Goethe tells you about Shakespeare etc. etc.
Very helpful for literary history, very difficult to read.
I read this in German, and as you can see it took me an age! While this isn't Goethe's greatest book, it is certainly a moving and informative one. I found the first and fourth parts particularly affecting. The first part describes his childhood in Frankfurt, in wonderful detail, weaving together st