Chapter 20 autobiography of goethe

autobiography of goethe Goethe, the author of "Faust" and "The Sorrows of Young Werther", also wrote a little The masterpiece of prose known to ordinary readers is his autobiography entitled "Poetry and Truth". Goethe's life is inseparable from his works, Faust's depression is his own The anguish of his body, the troubles of young Werther are his own troubles.The characters in his works are Each has its own history and is a milestone in his life.Therefore, this one comes from the poet's later years Zhibi's autobiography is the key to understand the soul hidden behind all his works.

Goethe himself once said that all his early works were written for himself, and only this work in his later years was written for himself. The biography is written for his friends and his countrymen, so that they can understand his early life and his influence on the work.In his preface, he excerpted a letter from a friend, proving that someone once asked for Beg him to do it.According to general research, the tone of this letter was actually fabricated by Goethe himself. However, it is true that readers and friends at that time asked him to write an autobiography. This autobiography is divided into four parts, each with five chapters, starting from the date of his birth in 1749,

Until 1775, when he was formally hired by the Duke of Weimar, his 26 years of youth life, They are all carefully described in this book.His family background, his school life, his first career as a lawyer, The process of first love, the beginning of writing life, the blockbuster and popular masterpiece "Young Werther" The production process of "Trouble" is described in this autobiography. In 1808, at the age of fifty-nine, Goethe began to draw up the plan to write this autobiography. planned, but the first was not officially published until three years later, and the fourth was not published until the autumn of 1831.

Unscripted.In March of the following year our poet had died.Therefore the fourth part was published in 183 When it was officially published three years ago, it had already become a posthumous work. Goethe did have a plan to write the fifth part, and Eckermann, the secretary who recorded the conversation for him, also had a plan. Such a suggestion has been made, but he spent too much time on the fourth book, energy and years. Ling did not allow him to have this opportunity again. This autobiography, as the title suggests, Poetry and Truth, contains the most important aspects of Goethe's life.

Reality, too, contains the fantasy of the poetry of his life—the life that exists in his poetry.this kind True narrative and inner freedom are actually the most important materials for understanding Goethe.Therefore, Goethe After his death, this book was second only to "The Sorrows of Young Werther" at the time, and has won countless readers. Goethe is very popular in China, but so far there is no relatively complete biography of Goethe, and no one mentions it. And this book is really the most puzzling thing for me.