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BOOK REVIEW: The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther is one of those novels that I have encountered a number of times in my assigned reading for university, but had never actually read myself. When I finally decided to fill in this gap in my literary knowledge, I knew that the protagonist was basically the quintessential Romantic hero – emotional, artistic, and, of course, desperately in love with a girl he can never have – which meant that this could only end in tears (and probably death).
Wertherdid not disappoint in that regard… But maybe I kind of wanted it to.
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Sonja: When I cultivate to immortality…
JGY: Yeah?
Sonja: I would live long enough to travel to Europe and figure out if Goethe and Schiller had something going on. Also, what happened to Schiller’s corpse? How did he die?
JGY: What the heck are you talking about?
Sonja: Why did Goethe take the head out of his grave?
JGY: Is that a new secret language so we can talk about Da-ge’s death or…
Sonja: *ignoring JGY* I need to find out which year we have.
JGY: *just stares at her*
“Es freut mich, dass ich gegen alle Unbequemlichkeit völlig gleichgültig bin, sobald es sein muss und das Unternehmen einen Zweck hat.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1.the subjection of someone or something to mockery and derision.
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There is no surer way of evading the world than by art; and no surer way of uniting with it than by art.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections
“Verweile doch, du bist so schön!
Dann magst du mich in Fesseln schlagen, dann will ich gern zugrunde gehn.”
Faust - Goethe
,,Że życie ludzkie jest tylko snem, zdawało się już nie jednemu. I mnie również uczucie to stale towarzyszy.“
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wer nichts für andere tut, der tut auch nichts für sich.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, dt. Dichter (1749 - 1832)
“And who my wound can heal, and who the pain can feel?”, from Goethe’s Faust by Harry Clarke (1927)
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As requested. Fanmixes inspired by variations of the Faust myth.
i can be hell’s loverboybyropeofpearls on livejournal: A Faustus/Mephistopheles mix inspired by the recent stage production of Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus at the Globe. (01. Neil Finn - Sinner / 02. Our Lady Peace - Angels/Losing/Sleep / 03. The Bravery - Bad Sun / 04. Neon Trees - Animal / 05. Sia - Electric Bird / 06. Bats for Lashes - Daniel / 07. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Warrior / 08. The Smiths - Handsome Devil / 09. The Sundays - Can’t Be Sure / 10. Kate Nash - Nicest Thing / 11. The Dresden Dolls - Backstabber / 12. Rufus Wainwright - Slideshow / 13. Brandon Flowers - Crossfire / 14. Amanda Palmer - I Will Follow You Into the Dark / 15. Empires - Damn Things Over / 16. The Academy is… - We’ve Got a Big Mess on Our Hands / 17. Adele - Set Fire to the Rain / 18. Aimee Mann - Stupid Thing / 19. Fallout Boy - W.A.M.S / 20. Laura Marling - Devil’s Spoke / 21. Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets / 22. Florence + The Machine - Howl / 23. Emilie Autumn - Misery Loves Company / 24. Tori Amos - Leather / 25. Fiona Apple - Not About Love / 26. Metric - Black Sheep / 27. Broken Social Scene - Gangbang Suicide)
Goethe’s Faust Fanmixbyamiablydebauchedsloth on tumblr/8tracks: A mix inspired by Goethe’s Faust.(01. Florence and The Machine + Seven Devils / 02. Biber - Sonata No. 5 / 03. Simon Curtis – Diablo / 04. Jack White – Love is Blindness / 05. David Usher – Black, Black Heart / 06. Mozart L’Opera Rock – Le Bien Qui Fait Mal / 07. Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment / 08. Chris Cornell - You Know My Name / 09. Frederick Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E Minor OP. 64 / 10. Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams (Cover) / 11. Dusty Springfield – Spooky / 12. Moulin Rouge – El Tango De Roxanne / 13. Jesse Cook – Incantation / 14. Innerpartysystem – Obsession / 15. L’Elisir D’Amore – Una Furtiva Lagrima / 16. Biber - Partita for Two Violins and Basso Continuo in D Minor / OPTIONAL BONUS: Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad ) (Repost)
Herr Doktor Faust, PsychiatristbyShango Polo on 8tracks: A largely instrumental Faustian mix. (01. Tom Waits - The Black Rider / 02. Van Cliburn - Prelude in C-Sharp Minor (Op. 3, No. 2) / 03. Niccolò Paganini - No.24 In A Minor / 04. Art Zoyd - Pact / 05. Vladimir Horowitz - Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor for Piano, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre. Lento / 06. Léon Boëllmann - Toccato from Suite Gothique / 07. Halgeir Schiager -
Mutationes for one or two organs: IV. Scherzando / 08. Magdalena Kozená, Michael Freimuth - Písne K Loutne: 4. Ach Gott, wie weh tut scheiden / 09. Krzysztof Penderecki - Lacrimosa / 10. Giacinto Scelsi - Quattro Pezzi I)
Sandra Bullock with the book Faust: Part I By Johann Wolfgang von GoetheinOur Brand is Crisis.
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