Goethe

Goe·the

G0176400 (gœ′tə), Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832. German writer and scientist. A master of poetry, drama, and the novel, he spent 50 years on his two-part dramatic poem Faust (published 1808 and 1832). He also conducted scientific research in various fields, notably botany, and held several governmental positions.

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Goe′the·an (-tē-ən) adj.

Goethe

(German ˈɡøːtə) n (Biography) Johann Wolfgang von (joˈhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn). 1749–1832, German poet, novelist, and dramatist, who settled in Weimar in 1775. His early works of the Sturm und Drang period include the play Götz von Berlichingen (1773) and the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). After a journey to Italy (1786–88) his writings, such as the epic play Iphigenie auf Tauris (1787) and the epic idyll Hermann und Dorothea (1797), showed the influence of classicism. Other works include the Wilhelm Meister novels (1796–1829) and his greatest masterpiece Faust (1808; 1832)

Goe•the

(ˈgœ tə)

n. Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832, German poet and playwright. Goe•the•an, Goe′thi•an, adj.

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Goethe - German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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