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      • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, playwright, poet, and statesman who has been described as Germany’s William Shakespeare.
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  2. Dec 1, 2020 · Goethe was a young law student in Leipzig and Strasbourg when he was first introduced to Shakespeare’s writings in Rede zum Shakespear’s Tag, 1771. German was one of the first languages in which Shakespeare’s plays were translated by the great Schlegel, Tiecks and Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin.

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  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

  4. Jan 24, 2016 · To get a sense of how Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dominates German literature, we would have to imagine a Shakespeare known to the last inch—a Shakespeare squared or cubed. Goethe’s...

  5. The German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ((1749-1832) was first introduced to Shakespeare during the early 1770s by the philosopher and poet Johann Gottfried von Herder. Shakespeare’s influence had reached Germany in the late 1600s, and translations and adaptations of individual plays were well-known.

  6. Apr 15, 2009 · (4 of 314) Goethe's literary essays. by. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939. Publication date. 1921. Topics. Literature, Art. Publisher. New York : Harcourt, Brace and Co. Collection. uconn_libraries; blc; americana. Contributor. University of Connecticut Libraries. Language. English. Item Size. 382.3M.

  7. May 30, 2019 · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the most important German literary figure of modern times and is often compared to Shakespeare and Dante. He was a poet, dramatist, director, novelist, scientist, critic, artist and statesman during what was known as the Romantic period of European arts.

  8. Mar 31, 2020 · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, playwright, poet, and statesman who has been described as Germany’s William Shakespeare. Having achieved both literary and commercial success in his lifetime, Goethe remains one of the most influential figures in modern era literature.

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