Category: German Lit

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther is not so much a tale of love and romance, as it is a chronicle of mental health; specifically, it seems Goethe is tackling the idea of depression and even (though the term would not… Continue Reading “The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”