Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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The unique significance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s contribution to German letters lies in the fact that his best creations provided models which influenced, stimulated, and gave direction to the subsequent evolution of literary endeavor in virtually every genre. Among more than twenty plays that he wrote throughout his career, several have special meaning for the history of German theater. Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand (pb. 1773; Götz von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand, 1799) was a key production of the Sturm und...

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