Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bibliography

The following is a list of the major publications of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). 142 volumes comprise the entirety of his literary output, ranging from the poetical to the philosophical, including 50 volumes of correspondence.

Scientific Texts[]

• 1790: Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären (The Metamorphosis of Plants),
• 1810: Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours),

Autobiographical[]

• 1811–1830: Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit (From my Life: Poetry and Truth) autobiographical work in 4 volumes
• 1817: Italienische Reise (Italian Journey), journals
• 1836 and 1848: Gespräche mit Goethe (Conversations with Goethe) also translated as: Conversations with Eckermann - posthumous

Non-Fiction[]

• 1793: Die Belagerung von Mainz, (The Siege of Mainz), non-fiction
• July 1798-1801: Propyläen, periodical
• 1805: "Winckelmann und sein Jahrhundert" ("Winckelmann and His Century")

Prose[]

• 1774: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther), novel
• 1794: Reineke Fuchs, fable
• 1794–95: Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten, novella, which also includes the fairy tale Das Märchen
• 1795: Das Märchen (The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily), fairy-tale
• 1796: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship), novel
• 1809: Die Wahlverwandtschaften (Elective Affinities), novel
• 1821: Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, oder Die Entsagenden (Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, or the Renunciants/Wilhelm Meister's Travels), novel
• 1828: , novella

Poetry[]

• 1769 "Ohne Hast, ohne Rast" ("Haste not, Rest not")
• 1771: "Heidenröslein" ("Heath Rosebud"),
• 1773: "Prometheus",
• 1774: "Der König in Thule",
• 1782: "Der Erlkönig" ("The Alder King"),
• 1790: Römische Elegien (Roman Elegies), collection
• 1795 "Ich Denke Dein" ("I Think of You")
• 1795–96 (in collaboration with Friedrich Schiller): Die Xenien (The Xenia), collection of epigrams
• 1797: "Der Zauberlehrling" (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), (which was later the basis of a symphonic poem by Paul Dukas, which in turn was animated by Disney in Fantasia)
• 1797: "Die Braut von Korinth"^[1] ("The Bride of Corinth"),
• 1798: Hermann und Dorothea (Hermann and Dorothea), epic
• 1798: Die Weissagungen des Bakis (The Soothsayings of Bakis)
• 1799: " The First Walpurgis Night",
• 1813: "Gefunden" ("Found"),
• 1819: Westöstlicher Diwan, variously translated as The West-Eastern Divan, The Parliament of East and West, or otherwise; collection of poems in imitation of Sufi and other Sunni Muslim poetry, including that of Hafez.
• 1823: "Marienbad Elegy",

Closet drama[]

1. 1808: Faust Part One,
2. 1832: Faust Part Two,

Drama[]

• 1773: Götz von Berlichingen, drama
• 1775:  [de], tragedy in five acts
• 1787: Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris), drama
• 1788: Egmont, drama
• 1790: Torquato Tasso, drama
• 1803: Die Natürliche Tochter (The Natural Daughter), play originally intended as the first part of a trilogy on the French revolution

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