Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Before he was thirty, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had proven himself a master of the novel, drama, and lyric poetry. But even more impressive than his versatility was his unwillingness ever to settle into a single style or approach; whenever he used a literary form, he made it something new. Born in 1749 to a well-to-do family in Frankfurt, he was sent to Strasbourg to earn a law degree. There, he met the poet-philosopher Herder, discovered Shakespeare, and began to write poetry. His play Götz von Berlichingen (1773) made him famous throughout Germany. He was invited to the court of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, where he quickly became a cabinet minister. In 1774 his novel of Romantic melancholy, The Sorrows of a Young Werther,…

The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings Faust

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Selected Poetry

Selected Poetry

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Selected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Selected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Introduction by Nicholas Boyle
Maxims and Reflections

Maxims and Reflections

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Translated by Elisabeth Stopp; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Hutchinson
Italian Journey

Italian Journey

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang Goethe Foreword by W.H. Auden
The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust

Faust

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Translated with an Introduction by R. J. Hollingdale
Goethe's Faust

Goethe's Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Translated and with an introduction by Walter Kaufmann

Books by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from The MIT Press

The Metamorphosis of Plants

The Metamorphosis of Plants

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Theory of Colours

Theory of Colours

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe