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Novels by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Study Guide): Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, the Sorrows of Young Werther, Elective Affinitie
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-14.
ISBN 9781156189948
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, the Sorrows of Young Werther, Elective Affinities, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, or the Renunciants, is the fourth novel by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and the sequel to the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) (1795-96). Though initially conceived during the 1790s, the first edition did not appear until 1821, and the second editiondiffering substantially from the firstin 1829. The novel was greeted by mixed reviews in the 1820s, and did not gain full critical attention until the mid-20th century. Consisting largely of discrete short stories and novellas woven together with elements of the epistolary novel, lengthy sections of aphorisms, and several interspersed poems, the structure of this novel challenged the novel form as commonly practiced at the time of its publication. A major theme running through the various parts of the novel is that of "Entsagung, " translatable as "renunciation." The most famous section of the novel is probably the episode in which the protagonist and his son Felix visit the "Pedagogical Province." Chapter One: opens with "Flight into Egypt, " in which Wilhelm and Felix encounter a family in the course of their travels; the father of the family identifies himself as "Saint Joseph." Felix befriends the boys of the family, and returns with them to their residence. Wilhelm, declining their invitation to come as well, returns to his lodge at the mountaintop and writes to Natalie. The chapter closes with this letter. Wilhelm speaks here of his wish to be with her, and also comments on the rules guiding his travels: "Not more than three...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10044802
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