The Sorrows of Young Werther Pt. One
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2020
- #literature #study #Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther was published in 1774, and again, with a revised edition in 1787. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was only 24 years old. The epistolary novel would shoot him to fame and put the Sturm und Drang movement at its peak. Based much on his personal experience, he would come to regret the fame it had brought him and would lead him to scorn the Romantic movement, turning to classicism alongside Friedrich Schiller.
*The last photo in the slide, at 8:37 is not of Werther but Thomas Chatterton. The Death of Chatterton is an oil painting on canvas, by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Wallis.*
Further reading:
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&l...
www.jstor.org/stable/25600595...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
Again, I apologize for the awful pronunciations of a few German words. It is clearly not a language I speak.
You did it well
You even quoted evidence is the description. Top quality stuff sir. Truly impressive and fascinating to listen to.
Always had a bit of a soft spot for a tale of heartbreak and a love not returned. But they tend to hurt, just a little.
Before you made these I was in total ignorance of SuD. Now it interests me more and more.
Thank you so much! That is great to hear! It is for sure an interesting time in German culture, and set the way for many major literary movements that would soon follow =)
Can't wait for part 2
Thanks for watching! It means a lot. I will be getting more into the analysis over the next two, didn't mean to speak so much about the history in the first one haha.
I agree, looking forward to part 2 of this video. Loving all the content in this Channel.
Thanks! =) =)
Love the background history. Downloaded a translation of The Sorrows of Werther!
Oh awesome! That is great to hear. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!
My love of Göthe comes first from being a Germanophile of many moons. I find the inexactitude of the era refreshing, honestly - everything having been written by hand. It allows one to marvel and wonder more!
Of course, this is a favorite story of mine, the discussion of which is brilliantly introduced here. Thank you for posting this! Such a teaser - Looking forward to part 2!
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Thank you so much, and I am glad it does not disappoint. Though I have read and studied German literature for years, I have given up on pronunciations of names. I hear everyone speaking them differently, so I just do my best there. Sorrows of Werther was one of my first introductions to German lit, and I haven't put it down since. =)
Watching this today was great timing for me, given the brainstorming of an emotionally dramatic artistic couple for one of my next books :) Can't wait to watch the additional video(s)
That is great! I am glad this was a little help in brainstorming ideas! An "emotionally dramatic artistic couple" sounds like something the Romantics would be into. =)
This was very interesting. I have never heard of Werther. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos! Love the ducks, BTW 😁
Thanks so much! I really need to find a way to incorporate the ducks more🐥🐥
You explain so well
The way you show facts is fascinating
Thank you so much for watching! =)
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Great content!
Thank you!
Oh how heartbreaking! But I suppose unrequited love is one of the most universal of themes spanning throughout all of human history . . . Are the colours of Werther’s burial clothes significant of anything? Or only in regards to imitation suicides?
The clothes were significant for Werther because it was what he was wearing when he had first met Lotte. I am not sure about the colours, themselves though. Maybe there is some historical reason I am unaware of, but nothing comes to mind.
I heard someone this past week used "Sturm and Drang" interchangeably with "Melodrama."
Do you reckon she was referring to stories like this one?
And do you think her assessment was fair to the movement or not especially?
Oh! That is a really good observation, and great question. I wouldn't argue with anyone that places The Sorrows under such a category. However, I would, personally, be careful using "Melodrama" interchangeably with "Sturm and Drang" for one reason that comes immediately to mind--where Melodrama is written with an intended purpose and design around the emotional themes, Sturm and Drang took a very romantic approach, and to use the words of Wordsworth, it was written as a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." Sturm and Drang did not necessarily have to revolve around such dramatic expressions, it just often did because human beings, especially the poets of the time, were naturally dramatic. When composers began to write their pieces around work from Sturm und Drang (Like Chopin with Werther) Melodrama was born. But, that is just my opinion. Thank you--I love that question. =)
Excellent! Can't wait to hear your analysis in part 2.
Thank you so much! I am glad you liked it! 😊