By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Covering the interval from his delivery in 1749 to his departure for Weimar in 1775, in Poetry and fact Goethe remembers his adolescence and formative years because the son of well-to-do, middle-class mom and dad, his schooling and literary awakening, early loves, and the production and reception of works from his Sturm und Drang years, similar to The Sorrows of younger Werther, Goetz von Berlichingen, and Urfaust. no longer simply an account of Goethe's personal existence, this ebook additionally explores the impacts on his early years--friends, mentors, recognized personages of his time, highbrow events, towns, and historic events--to draw a realistic photo of his time.
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