Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Noore Wertheri kannatused" on saksa kirjaniku Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774. aastal avaldatud kiriromaan, mis on üks olulisemaid teoseid saksa kirjanduses tormi ja tungi perioodist.

"Faust" on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe värsstragöödia. "Fausti" algvariandi kirjutas Goethe tõenäoliselt aastatel 1773–1775. Aastal 1790 ilmus trükis "Faust. Fragment". Aastal 1808 ilmus "Faust I". "Faust II" ilmus 1833. aastal, pärast kirjaniku surma. Faust on klassikalise saksa muistendi tegelane, kes sõlmib lepingu …

Elective Affinities, also translated under the title Kindred by Choice, is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809. The title is taken from a scientific term once used to describe the tendency of chemical species to combine with certain substances or species in preference to others. The novel …

The second part of Goethe's masterpiece opens with Faust struggling to recover from the death of his beloved Gretchen. The quick-witted demon Mephistopheles soon persuades him to look beyond his sorrow and enter the world of politics and power, but the great scholar is still eager for new sensations, and asks …

"Noore Wertheri kannatused" on saksa kirjaniku Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774. aastal avaldatud kiriromaan, mis on üks olulisemaid teoseid saksa kirjanduses tormi ja tungi perioodist.

Iphigenia in Tauris is a reworking by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of the ancient Greek tragedy Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Ταύροις by Euripides. Euripides' title means "Iphigenia among the Taurians", whereas Goethe's title means "Iphigenia in Taurica", the country of the Tauri. Goethe wrote the first version of his play in six weeks, …