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THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER AND GOETHE'S UNDERSTANDING OF MELANCHOLIA
1Training and Supervising Analyst and Supervising Child Analyst at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Education at New York University School of Medicine; a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey; and an emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
|January 20, 2016
Summary
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther" explores intense emotions and societal pressures. This classic epistolary novel delves into themes of love, despair, and the individual versus society.
Area of Science:
- Literature
- German Romanticism
- Epistolary Novels
Background:
- Goethe's seminal work,
- The Sorrows of Young Werther
- published in 1774.
- It is a key text in German literature and the Sturm und Drang movement.