Römische Elegien by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Römische Elegien" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a cycle of 24 poems written between 1788 and 1790. After returning from his Italian journey, Goethe composed these elegies celebrating sensual love in Rome. The poems follow a speaker's passionate affair with "Faustina," blending erotic experience with classical education. Written in distich form following ancient models, the elegies merge physical desire with artistic inspiration. Due to their explicit content, Goethe initially withheld four
poems, publishing only twenty in 1795. The complete cycle appeared uncensored in 1914. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 |
|---|---|
| Title | Römische Elegien |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6mische_Elegien |
| Credits |
Produced by Gunther Olesch from a source file available at Project Gutenberg of DE created by Gerd Bouillon. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | German poetry -- 18th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5325 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 449 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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