Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von   1749-1832 <br/><br/>
The sorrows of young Werther  
 <Die Lieden des jungen Werthers> 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; translated with an introduction and notes by Michael Hulse. 
 - London   Penguin   1989 
 - 144 p   20/13/0,9 cm   Paperback 
<br/><br/> This is Goethe's first novel, published in 1774. Written in diary form, it tells the tale of an unhappy, passionate young man hopelessly in love with Charlotte, the wife of a friend - a man who he alternately admires and detests. Goethe upset the conventional literature of his day by having his hero propose suicide as a method by which anyone might end an intolerable misery. 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' became an important part of the 'Sturm und Drang' movement, and greatly influenced later 'Romanticism'. The work is semi-autobiographical - in 1772, two years before the novel was published, Goethe had passed through a similar tempestuous period, when he lost his heart to Charlotte Buff, who was at that time engaged to his friend Johann Christian Kestner. 
<br/><br/> IB 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>014044503X 9780140445039 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>89188425  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>German Literature--Romanticism--18th century--Sturm and Drang
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>CL (Classics)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MLCS 92/17687 (P)