Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Narrated by Raphael Croft
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Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship is a seminal German novel that follows the journey of its titular character as he navigates love, theater, and personal growth in 18th-century society. Disillusioned with his merchant life, Wilhelm joins a troupe of actors, seeking purpose through art and romance. His experiences lead him through complex relationships, moral dilemmas, and encounters with enigmatic figures who shape his understanding of self and duty. Blending realism with philosophical depth, Goethe explores themes of identity, vocation, and the pursuit of fulfillment. Often considered one of the first bildungsroman novels, it profoundly influenced European literature, offering timeless insights into human development and the shaping of character through experience.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) va néixer a Frankfurt am Main. Va començar els seus estudis de Dret a Leipzig, però els va haver d'abandonar a causa d'una malaltia durant la qual, establert a Frankfurt, es va interessar per camps tan dispars com la filosofia ocultista, l'astrologia i l'alquímia. L'any 1770 es va traslladar a Estrasburg per continuar estudiant Dret, i va ser allà on va conèixer Friederike Brion, model pels personatges femenins de les seves obres, al filòsof i crític literari Johann Gottfried Herder, responsable directe de l'abandonament per part de Goethe dels preceptes de classicisme francès per l'expressió directa de les emocions, que desembocaria en la col·laboració en Sobre l'estil i l'art alemany (1773), manifest del moviment Sturm und Drang, germen del romanticisme alemany. L'any següent va publicar Els sofriments del jove Werther, considerada com la primera novel·la representativa de la literatura moderna. El 1775 Carles August de Saxònia-Weimar-Eisenach, el va convidar a viure i treballar a la capital, un dels centres literaris i intel·lectuals d'Alemanya, el que va suposar una época crucial per al desenvolupament i la maduresa tant literària com intel·lectual de Goethe, que va viure a Weimar fins al dia de la seva mort. Allà va començar a treballar en algunes de les seves obres més famoses, com Ifigènia a Tàurida (1786) i Faust, poema dramàtic que sotmetria a canvis després de la seva estància a Itàlia entre el 1786 i el 1788 i la primera part del qual va publicar l'any 1808 (i que continuaria revisant periódicament fins poc abans de morir). També va acabar les obres dramàtiques que fundarien el classicisme alemany: Egmont (1775) i Torquato Tasso (1789). En tornar a Weimar va escriure, entre d'altres obres capitals, els poemes de Elegies romanes (1795) i Divan occidental-oriental (1819), el poema èpicHerman i Dorothea (1797), les novel·les Anys d'aprenentatge de Wilhelm Meister (1796), Les afinitats electives (1809), El anys itinerants de Wilhelm Meister (1821), el llibre Viatge a Itàlia (1816), la seva autobiografia Poesia i veritat (1811-1833), i la segona part del seu poema dramàtic Faust, publicada pòstumament l'ant 1832.
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