TY - BOOK ID - 1084035 TI - Goethe, the sorrows of young Werther PY - 1987 SN - 0521316995 0521328187 0511554036 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Goethe, von, Johann Wolfgang KW - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, KW - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1084035 AB - The tradition of the German novel, before the emergence of its 'classic' writers in the first half of the twentieth century (Thomas Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Musil), does not have an assured place in the canon of European literature. Not that it has wanted for spirited advocates; but, despite all efforts, it has remained firmly on the periphery. The one signal exception is Goethe's novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers usually rendered as 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. Werther was an extraordinary and immediate bestseller both in Germany and abroad. ER -