Bücher von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is a loosely autobiographical epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. A revised edition followed in 1787. It was one of the most important novels in the Sturm und Drang period in German literature, and influenced the later Romantic movement. Goethe, aged 24 at the time, finished Werther in five-and-a-half weeks of intensive writing in January-March 1774. The book's publication instantly placed the author among the foremost international literary celebrities, and was among the best known of his works. Towards the end of Goethe's life, a personal visit to Weimar became a crucial stage in any young man's Grand Tour of Europe.

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Frontmatter -- Torquato Tasso -- Personen -- Erster Aufzug -- Zweiter Aufzug -- Dritter Aufzug -- Vierter Aufzug -- Fünfter Aufzug -- Lila -- Personen -- Erster Aufzug -- Zweiter Aufzug -- Dritter Aufzug -- Vierter Aufzug

Ein komplexer (»inkalkulabel produzierter«) Künstler-, Bildungs- und Entwicklungsroman (entstanden 1777-1785; Urfassung: Wilhelm Meisters theatralische Sendung, postum veröffentlicht), mit abenteuerlichen Handlungselementen, lyrischen Einsprengseln und vielen geistreichen Erörterungen, »Gattungsprototyp«, bis heute (durchaus kontrovers) rezipiert, analysiert und bewertet (u. a. von Friedrich Schlegel, Novalis, Adam Müller, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Lukács, Karl Otto Conrady), vertont (u. a. von Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski) und verfilmt (u. a. von Wim Wenders mit einem Drehbuch Peter Handkes). Erziehung zur Lebensmeisterschaft durchs Leben selbst (ein ewiges Suchen und Nichtfinden) auf dem ein Jahrzehnt umfassenden Weg (voll von Irrtum, Desillusionierung und glücklicher Fügung) des Jünglings zum reifen Mann: die bürgerliche Welt des Kaufmanns, eine unglücklich endende Liebe zu einer Aktrice, die Gesellschaft schauspielernden fahrenden Volks; schillernd, poetisch, extravagant, mysteriös! Seltsame Gestalten, herkömmlicher und sich neuordnender Adel, eine erzieherisch wirksame Geheimgesellschaft. Märchenhaft, glücklich heiratet Wilhelm schließlich und transzendiert seine einseitige Selbstbildung in den sich zu bewährenden Dienst am Menschen. [Joerg K. Sommermeyer]