Goethe only did three things in his life: writing, being an official and falling in love.
In fact, it was his vigorous love, life and romantic feelings throughout his life that created such literary masterpieces as "Faust" and "The Sorrows of Young Werther".
Although Goethe only had one wife and one child, he had relationships with countless women.
Most of his 129 works are based on his emotional life, and 15 volumes of them are diaries written by him.
Zhou Guoping once said: "Without love, there would be no Goethe.
The latest novel "Goethe in Love"
According to media reports, February 2008 , the 80-year-old German writer Martin Walser published a new work "Man in Love", which impressively takes the great Goethe as the protagonist. He wrote about how he wore a mask to participate in the hot spring city of Marion in 1823, when he was 74 years old. Bud's transvestite party and his tryst with the 19-year-old landlady. He fell in love at first sight with the landlady's eldest daughter, 19-year-old Ulrike.
Her charming blue eyes. Her eyes were full of autumn.
"She had caught his eye before he saw her." She often walked with him, supported him like a daughter supporting her father, and talked to him innocently about her. Everything he thought of impromptuly.
Goethe was fascinated by the look between the old man and the girl, and could no longer extricate himself. Time and love surged in his heart, and finally reached an unstoppable point. /p>
As soon as he heard the laughter on the avenue, this ancient old man was like a young man in love. He immediately put down his work and hurried down the steps without wearing a hat or a cane. It seemed like a great courtesy for a man to greet this lively and lovely girl like a teenager.
Fifteen years ago, he admired her mother, a year ago. , he just gave her a nickname in a fatherly tone.
But now, the love suddenly turned into desire, and the emotional world seemed to erupt.
He first seduced, Then he launched a series of love letters to marry the girl. Unexpectedly, his son was jealous and hindered the old poet's good deeds.
The poet said goodbye sadly. She arrived in Weimar and remained depressed until her death in 1832.
As time passed, Ulrike became an old woman. Before her death, she burned Goethe's love letters. A strange love between ancestors and grandchildren was buried.
This twilight love was not made up by the writer, but was basically real.
It is said that Ulrike von Levi was both talented and beautiful. As a young man, Zoff (1804-1899) had a close relationship with the late Goethe.
Goethe was tempted to marry her because of her many love poems, the most famous of which was " Marienbad Elegy".
Old Walser is a national treasure in Germany today.
He vividly performed the confused love of the old man when he fell in love with the girl.
His description of the later years of Germany's greatest litterateur is hilarious--if not a little poignant--and it's an old man with an ambition for a thousand miles.
In the book, Goethe is naked. Look in the mirror to see if you are still there, the conclusion is: not bad
And the girl Ulrike is charming, wild and cute; one old and one young, **** composes a love song, and its style is certain. Weird and unique, full of fun.
The publisher promoted "Man in Love" as "Goethe's last love."
Critics marketed the book and it became a bestseller.
Female readers also asked Walzer questions about the eroticism in the book.
For example, why does he often use the word "Iste"? Walser said he wrote not in German but as a Latin word with no specific meaning.
Indeed, in Latin, Iste is a masculine pronoun, which can be well translated into Chinese "that word".
But not everyone is full of praise for the book.
Critic Wolfgang Frühwald said: "This is Walzer's Goethe, not my Goethe.
At best, it is just 1823
...The Goethe in my mind will not change, but the Walser in my mind will." Werner Fritzen believed that Walser wrote not Goethe but "Werther"; what was hidden behind the mask was not Goethe but Walser.
Who is Goethe?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was not only the most outstanding German writer and thinker to date, but also one of the greatest writers in the world. 1. Together with Homer, Dante and Shakespeare, he is known as the four literary heroes.
At the same time, he was also a painter, esthetician, politician, educator, natural scientist and physicist, and served as the manager of the Weimar Court Theater for many years.
He is versatile and a true genius.
Philosopher Schelling said: "When Goethe was alive, Germany was not alone or impoverished. Although it was weak and fragmented, it was still great, fertile and spiritually strong. Nietzsche Said: "Goethe is not only excellent and great, but also a culture of its own, an episode in the history of the Germans that no one follows."
Goethe is an outstanding representative of German classical literature. , is also a representative figure of the turbulent movement.
His life has gone through the three stages of German literature: turbulence, classicism and romanticism. He is one of the few longevity writers in German history (83 years old).
He called for freedom and praised resistance in a series of works.
His representative works include the long poetic drama "Faust" (an epic masterpiece that took more than 60 years to create) and letters. The novella "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (the first literary work to have a major international impact), the full-length poem "Prometheus", the historical drama "G?tz-von-Berlichingen", the novel " Wilhelm Meister", as well as a large number of lyric poems, critical essays, essay collections and autobiographies
Goethe was born into a wealthy citizen family in Frankfurt am Main (now Hesse).
His father was a doctor of law and a former royal councillor; his mother was the mayor's daughter, a shrewd and capable storyteller
In 1765, he entered the University of Leipzig to study law. He continued his studies at the University of Strasbourg, receiving a doctorate in law the following year, and was admitted to the bar in Frankfurt in 1771; as a young man he wanted to become a painter, but soon gave up; between 1772 and 1775, he created A large number of works, among which "The Sorrows of Young Werther" caused great repercussions at home and abroad; after 1775, he was actively engaged in geology and mineralogy research. He studied botany and wrote various works on natural science. He is famous for his first discovery of jaws in human embryos and for pointing out that biological development tends to spiral; from 1775 to 1786, in order to improve social reality, He applied to be an official in the Duchy of Weimar, but had little success; in 1786, he went to Italy, specializing in natural sciences; in 1788, he returned to Weimar as a theater supervisor; he wanted to be a painter, but soon gave up . In 1788, he returned to Weimar and served as theater supervisor; from 1794, he interacted and cooperated closely with Schiller, promoting the prosperity of German classical literature; in his later years, he lived in seclusion, worked tirelessly on creation, and finally completed When Goethe died, he left his famous last words: "More light!" "