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In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster finds the book in a leather portmanteau, along with two others – Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, and Milton's Paradise Lost. [20] He sees Werther's case as similar to his own, of one rejected by those he loved.
"Sorrows of Werther" is a satirical poem by William Makepeace Thackeray written in response to the enormous success of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. [ 1 ] Text
The French-language premiere followed in Geneva on 27 December 1892. [2] The first performance in France was given by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre Lyrique on the Place du Châtelet in Paris on 16 January 1893, with Marie Delna as Charlotte and Guillaume Ibos in the title role, conducted by Jules Danbé , but was not immediately successful.
Werter is a 1785 tragedy by the British writer Frederick Reynolds. His debut play, it was inspired by the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It first appeared at the Theatre Royal, Bath on 25 November 1785. Its London premiere came at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 14 March 1786. [1]
Plenzdorf wrote the novel using the East German (DDR) youth slang of the 1970s and "montage" or "collage" techniques, changing the registers of the narration and composing it as a medley of tape transcripts with excerpts of Goethe, dialogues of Edgar with the other characters and Edgar's commentary on his life; while the main character compares himself with Goethe's protagonist, he mocks ...
Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns, otherwise known as Lotte in Weimar (German: [ˈlɔ.tə ɪn ˈvaɪ.̯maʁ] ⓘ) or The Beloved Returns, is a 1939 novel by Thomas Mann.It is a story written in the shadow of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Mann developed the narrative almost as a response to Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, which is more than 150 years older than Lotte in Weimar.
1811–1830: Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit (From my Life: Poetry and Truth) autobiographical work in 4 volumes 1817: Italienische Reise (Italian Journey), journals
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