Goethe: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Landmarks of world literatureDescription
This incisive study examines Goethe’s influential epistolary novel as a defining work of European Romanticism and the German Sturm und Drang movement. It explores the book’s portrayal of intense subjectivity, unrequited love, the individual’s struggle against social convention, and the tension between emotional freedom and self-destruction. Through close attention to the novel’s language, structure, historical context, and literary traditions, the study illuminates both its enduring cultural impact and its complex artistic design. Accessible yet scholarly, it offers a focused guide to the power and significance of Goethe’s celebrated work.
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paperback
Cambridge University Press
Published Jan 1, 1987
116 pages
ISBN: 9780521316996
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First Published
1987
Language
eng
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