Brooks, Charles T.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is a German poet genius who created a work of incomparable richness and diversity. He is one of the greatest European writers of all time. Goethe was characterized of both as a poet, as well as a playwright, short story writer, critic and as a natural scientist. His poetic oeuvre spans literary epochs of the "Sturm und Drang" to "Romance." Together with Friedrich Schiller, he is the center of the "Weimar Classicism."