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Dichtung und Wahrheit


 

Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit ("Out of my Life: Poetry and Truth") (1811-1833) (note: the German word "Dichtung" also means "fiction" in English, which indicates through an ingenious ambiguity a humourous notion that perhaps not all aspects are unfolded truthfully therein), is a story related in part to Goethe's life, outlining his happy childhood, his relationship with his sister Cornelia, and an infatuation with a barmaid named Gretchen; it also partly expounds the changes in his thinking that were brought about by the Seven Years' War and the French occupation while other experiences throughout are presented and coloured.

Related Topics:
1811 - 1833 - German - English - Goethe - Seven Years' War - French

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