September 03 to September 11, 2024 - modern and creative ideas from Waren in touch with the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. We say: Happy Birthday!
Wednesday, 11.09., 16:00, Reading from the "Italian Journey", Café International, Alter Markt 14
Travel to Italy with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
On September 3, 1786, Goethe begins his journey to Italy - the reason is a small creative crisis, he had not published anything for ten years and so he set off from a cure in Karlsberg. In this short reading tour, we have now read some of the stages of the "Italian Journey", as Goethe wrote them down in his reports, later edited them and added excerpts from letters and reflections - this is the final event on Goethe's journey to Italy.
Wednesday, 11.09., 19:00, LESEZEICHEN "The Breath of the World" Reading and discussion with Goethe biographer Stefan Bollmann, Haus des Gastes, Neuer Markt 21
Goethe, the natural scientist - the great biography! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was not only a crystallization point of his time as a poet and writer. His extensive literary oeuvre bears witness to an in-depth preoccupation with natural research and his life was deeply influenced and shaped by an uninterrupted, intensive experience of nature in all its manifestations. In this biography, Stefan Bollmann masterfully explores this understanding of nature, which has long been neglected, and gives us a surprisingly new picture of Goethe. On an exciting journey of discovery through Goethe's landscapes, his texts and his thoughts, we accompany him in Italy and Switzerland and observe him during his research in Thuringia and the Harz Mountains. We take part in his geological, anatomical, botanical and optical investigations, witness his friendship with Alexander von Humboldt - and understand our own deep longing for nature anew. Goethe can teach us to relocate our position in nature. A great history of the perception of nature and at the same time a highly topical book that shows how Goethe's sensually vivid experiences of nature can still be the basis of our humanity and vitality today.
Stefan Bollmann, born in 1958, bestselling author of a biography of Goethe that goes against the grain, as well as other books on the history of reading and alternative cultures, completed his doctorate on Thomas Mann after studying literature, history and philosophy. His books have been translated into 16 languages and have sold almost half a million copies worldwide.
Prices
Adults: €10.00 / pupils, students: €5.00 / AK: plus €2.00
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