Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. German poet, playwright, and novelist. 1749 –Goethe was born on August 28 in Frankfurt am Main into a prosperous family 1765 - Goethe was only 16 years old when he went to Leipzig to study law at the university, following his father’s wishes. 3.29k views • 12 slides Title: Die Wahlverwandtschaften Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Release Date: November, 2000 [Etext #2403] Last updated: April 17, 2020 Language: German Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DIE WAHLVERWANDTSCHAFTEN *** Written in 1773 by a young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, this famous and often-quoted essay — excerpt from "Goethe's Literary Essays" (1921) — is crafted as a letter to Erwin von Steinbach, one of the architects of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Jetzt fühlt der Engel, was ich fühle. Jetzt fühlt der Engel, was ich fühle. Ihr Herz gewann ich mir beim Spiele, Und sie ist nun von Herzen mein. Du gabst mir, Schicksal, diese Freude, Nun laß auch Morgen sein wie Heute. Und lehr mich ihrer würdig sein. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, deutscher Dichter) When Goethe was 16 he entered the University of Leipzig as a law student. He completed his studies at the University of Strasbourg and was awarded a doctor of laws degree in 1771. The critic Johann Gottfried von Herder introduced him to old German folktales and to the best of English literature in German translation. The correct pronunciation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in German can be phonetically approximated as Yo-han Volf-gang Fohn Guh-teh. The reason this is only an approximation is because the "oe" sound in English does not have a correspondent in this case, without the use of IPA. Here we have approximated it with the placeholder -guh, but it is Johann Wolfgang Goethe (*1749 in Frankfurt am Main – 1832 in Weimar) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Deutschlands größter Dichter. Goethe war der berühmteste deutsche Dichter und einer der bekanntesten Dichter der Welt. Er hat größte und schönste dichterische Kunstwerke geschaffen und viele weise und richtige Erkenntnisse ausgesprochen. Goethe war ein reichbegabter Mensch und lebenslang vom Glück begünstigt. Illustration by Erich Schütz ( c. 1920) "Der Fischer" (English: "The Fisher") is a ballad by Goethe, written in 1779. Goethe's poem describes an exchange between a fisher and a mermaid who accuses him of luring her brood. As revenge, she enchants him with her song and pulls him into the water. In his early days as a student at the University of Leipzig, the great poet, dramatist, and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 ­ 1832) spent most of his time composing poetry and studying literature. In 1768 Goethe was stricken by a severe illness, forcing the termination of his studies at Leipzig and the return to his home in Frankfurt. Xbizhl.