Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832. German writer and scientist. A master of poetry, drama, and the novel, he spent 50 years on his two-part dramatic poem Faust (published 1808 and 1832). He also conducted scientific research in various fields, notably botany, and held several governmental positions.
Wiktionary
- n. A German surname.
WordNet 3.0
- n. German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)
Examples
“Geoffroy there is no doubt that Goethe was an extreme partisan of similar views, as shown in the Introduction to a work written in 1794 and 1795, but not published till long afterwards; he has pointedly remarked (Goethe als Naturforscher, von Dr. Karl Meding, s. 34) that the future question for naturalists will be how, for instance, cattle got their horns, and not for what they are used.”
“Biography he can consult the _Schillers Leben_ of Madame von Wolzogen, which Goethe once called a _Schiller Redivivus_; the _Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe_; — or, as a summary of the whole, and the readiest inlet to the general subject for an English reader, Sir”
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works
“I asked the waiter whether Goethe was then in the town, the man stared as if he had not heard the name before; and that on my repeating the question, adding _Goethe der grosse dichter_ (the great poet), he shook his head as doubtfully as {p. 238} before -- until the landlady solved our difficulties, by suggesting that perhaps the traveller might mean "the _Herr Geheimer-Rath_ (Privy Counsellor) _Von Goethe_.”
“The artist's creative activity, for instance in Goethe, is an example of this.”
“Certainly this is the case with "Young Goethe in Love," directed by Philipp Stoelzl and released in Germany with the title "Goethe!”
“Certainly this is the case with "Young Goethe in Love," directed by Philipp Stölzl and released in Germany with the title "Goethe!”
“But beyond these links of emotional state with physical context, Goethe is fascinated by the way we invest events with symbolic meaning.”
“But Goethe is wonderful and worth trying out if you ever find the time and the place. ds – most certainly not!”
“Goethe is actually an interesting point of reference in the changing nature of nostalgia — he considered Schubert's songs on his texts too radical and modern, preferring composers who set his words in the older style of Goethe's own adolescence/young adulthood.”
“Goethe is remembered with special fondness by followers of 20th century esoteric figure Rudolf Steiner.”
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