Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Considered a brilliant writer, Goethe was one of the paramount figures of German literature and European Neo-classicism and Romanticism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author of Faust and Theory of Colours, he inspired Darwin with his independent discovery of the human premaxilla jaw bones and focus on evolution. Goethe's influence spread across Europe, and for the next century his works were a primary source of inspiration in music, drama, and poetry.

List of Works

Novels

• (1774) Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther)
• (1796) Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship)
• (1809) Die Wahlverwandschaften (Elective Affinities)
• (1821) Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Travels)
• (1811-33) ' (Out of my Life: Poetry and Truth)

Dramas

• (1773) Götz von Berlichingen
• (1787) Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris)
• (1788) Egmont
• (1790) Torquato Tasso
• (1808) Faust, Part 1
• (1832) Faust, Part 2

Poems

• (1773) Prometheus http://www.ffrf.org/day/?day=28&month=8
• (1782) Der Erlkönig (The Erl King)
• (1790) Römische Elegien (Roman Elegies)
• (1794) Reineke Fuchs
• (1797) Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
• (1798) Hermann und Dorothea (Hermann and Dorothea)

Nonfiction

• (1790) Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären (The Metamorphosis of Plants), scientific text
• (1810) Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours), scientific text
• (1817) Italienische Reise (Italian journey)
• (1832-1833) Nachgelassene Schriften (Posthumous Works)
• (1836) Gespräche mit Goethe (Conversations of Goethe)

Other Works

• (1786) Novella (Mini Novel/Short Story)