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10503672 No.10503672 [Reply] [Original]

Does someone have it? I want to start reading him, but I do not know where to start. In which order should I read his works? I am interested in getting to the Faust, and wanted to know what other work from Goethe should I read before.

>> No.10503705

you should read faust before you read faust. it's a necessary prerequisite to understand faust. you should also read all of sinclair lewis's novels in reverse chronological order.

>> No.10503735

>>10503672
>>10503672
Just fucking pick up one of his books and read dude reading isn't fucking science

>> No.10503869

>>10503735
Actually no. Understanding Faust II without knowing about things like Goethes color theory is useless.
Start with Werther, easily accessible. So is Faust I if you have some idea of Christianity and German myths and history. Götz von Berlichingen requires some knowledge about the historical conext.

>> No.10503876

>>10503672
Werther->Willhelm Meister->Maxims and Short Poems->Faust.
Done.

>> No.10504013

>>10503869
>reading to ""understand""

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>> No.10505251

Goethe is shit if you don't know German, be thankful we have the greatest playwright

>> No.10505266

>>10503869

Dude, don't say bullshit like that. You are saying his color theory is more important than knowing the language his work was written in.

>> No.10505323

>>10503869
How exactly does his color theory play into it?