Goethe and Romanticism Goethe, as per the traditional German assessment, was more of a classical author, than a Romantic author. In the words of Smith (2009), “to students of German literature, it is so obvious that Goethe was un-romantic and anti-Romantic that they seldom bother to say so” (71). As per this viewpoint, his works are seen as having been influenced by diverse literary movements, i.e. Weimar Classicism and Storm and

Werther and Self Deception Romanticism was deeply interested in creating art and literature of suffering, pain and self-pity. With poets pining for a love long gone and dead and authors falling for unavailable people, it appears that romantics in literature were primarily concerned with self-injury and delusion. In Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther," we find another romantic character fulfilling his tragic destiny by falling victim to extreme self-deception. Werther's story

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOETHE The German poet, novelist, translator, scientist, dramatist, and instrumentalist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 -- 1832)turned out to be the last worldwide mastermind of the West and a ruler of world literature, the writer of Wilhelm Meister, Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther,. There is not anywhere else that one can meet a more all-pervading, multifaceted, and Private Goethe than in the astonishing Conversations (1836) which

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749- 1832) is widely regarded as one of the greatest visionaries and creative geniuses that the world has ever produced. A man of multiple talents, Goethe was a poet, critic, painter, scientist, statesman, philosopher, and theatre-manager (Willoughby, p. 9). However, Goethe's versatility of talent has not always been recognized. For, Goethe's unconventional approach to the subjects he was interested in, has, at times, been beyond the

" This fire will not only die out, but will turn into the destructive flames of an obsession. Werther's descriptions of his deductions, feelings, contemplation fruits and observations are accompanied by various dialogues he has with some of the people he happened to meet in the country. Although in love and obviously preoccupied with Lotte a great deal of his time, he is also keen to go on making observations about

It is the character's inner nature that eventually triumphs in its fight with the environment. Goethe's main character is apparently obsessed with the fact that he is human, especially given that his point-of-view regarding the topic is that people are predisposed to losing their control at a certain moment in their lives. Emerson wants his readers to learn more about the benefits that the surrounding environment provides them with. He