Ballads and Legends

Ballads and Legends

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This small collection of ballads by the German poet and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is based on German and other European and Asian legends. They mix history with the macabre with a dash of the mysterious. These ballads define German Romanticism and set the stage for literary ballads for generations to come.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and...

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