The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1774. The storyline is represented by a collection of letters that seems to be written by Werther, a young person from a rich middle-class German family, to his friend Wilhelm. In his letters, he talks about his experiences of leaving his own family and
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. MIT Press, 1840 - Design - 423 pages. By the time Goethe's Theory of Colours appeared in 1810, the wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established. To Goethe, the theory was the result of mistaking an incidental result for an elemental principle. Far from pretending to a knowledge of physics, he Goethe, Volume 5: From My Life: Campaign in France 1792-Siege of Mainz Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. An authoritative English translation of Goethe’s classic autobiographical account of war and conquest in the age of revolution. Read More View Book Add to Cart; Goethe, Volume 3: Essays on Art and Literature Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a searcli so painful and so long, That all his life he has been in the wrong. Appears in 52 books from 1779-2006. Page 2 - I was born under fortunate auspices; the sun was in the sign of the Virgin at the utmost degree of elevation. The aspects of Jupiter and Venus were favourable to the day.J. Murray, 1840 - Color - 423 pages. This work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was translated into English in 1840 by Sir Charles Eastlake (1793-1865), painter and later keeper of the National Gallery. Goethe's 1810 work was rejected by many contemporary scientists because it appeared to contradict the physical laws laid down by Newton.
One of the earliest formal explorations of color theory came from an unlikely source -- the German poet, artist, and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who in 1810 published Theory of Colours
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Oxford University Press, May 10, 2012 - Fiction - 160 pages. 'I have so much and my feeling for her devours everything, I have so much and without her everything is nothing.'. The Sorrows of Young Werther propelled Goethe to instant fame when it first appeared in 1774. Goethe drew on his own unhappy experiences to
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. ( b. Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 28 August 1749; d. Weimar, Germany, 22 March 1832) zoology, botany, geology, optics. Born of middle-class parents—his father, Johann Kaspar Goethe, was a lawyer—Goethe obtained a degree in law at Strasbourg in 1771. He was summoned in 1775, on the basis of his literary fame, topiQPcm.