On Shakespeare's Day

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

2024年5月 · The Collected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 7 巻 · Minerva Heritage Press

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A new translation into modern American English of Goethe's 1771 speech "Zum Schäkespears Tag". This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a Timeline of Goethes Life & Works and a Glossary of Philosophic Terminology used by Goethe. Here a very young Goethe expresses his deep admiration for the English playwright William Shakespeare. Goethe's essay discusses the profound impact that Shakespeare's works had on him and on literature as a whole. He praises Shakespeare's ability to capture the complexities of human nature and his profound understanding of the human condition. Years before The Sorrows of Young Werther made him famous, we already see the spark of genius in this short speech from his youth.

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One of the core writers of German Romanticism, Goethe was German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic, Goethe is considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era, next to his friend Schiller. His works, including "Faust," "The Sorrows of Young Werther," and "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship," have influenced various literary movements. NApolean, whom Goethe met, loved his novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther". Goethe also knew Hegel and Feuerbach personally. Goethe's ideas on color theory and plant morphology also contributed to the development of various scientific fields.