Le opere che hanno viaggiato per l’Europa
Goethe scriveva in viaggio — in carrozza, nelle locande e nei giardini da Wetzlar a Roma. Scopri le opere che ne hanno fatto una figura europea, e i luoghi lungo i Goethe Ways dove furono immaginate, scritte e ambientate.
Opere principali
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The novel that made Goethe famous overnight across Europe — born of his months in Wetzlar.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Recast into verse on the road to Italy; Tischbein painted its scene into his famous portrait.
Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship
The founding novel of self-formation — a journey of education through theatre and society.
Faust, Parts One and Two
The lifework, written across six decades in Weimar — with the Brocken of the Harz as Walpurgis Night’s stage.
Italian Journey
His travel diaries from 1786–88, shaped into the book that defined the European Grand Tour.
West-Eastern Divan
A late lyrical dialogue between Europe and the Orient — Goethe’s poetry at its most cosmopolitan.
Scrittura di viaggio
Il viaggio fu per Goethe tanto un metodo quanto un tema. Il Viaggio in Italia trasformò i suoi diari del 1786–88 in letteratura; la Campagna di Francia documentò la marcia del 1792 attraverso Verdun e Sainte-Menehould; le lettere dalla Svizzera ripercorrono i suoi tre viaggi alpini. Sono questi i testi che gli European Goethe Ways seguono — itinerario per itinerario, luogo per luogo.
“I count a second birthday, a true rebirth, from the day I entered Rome.”
“From this place and this day forth commences a new era in the world’s history.”
“Three times Goethe crossed into the Alps — from Stäfa on Lake Zurich to the summit of the Gotthard pass.”
Letture lungo gli itinerari
Wetzlar
The summer of 1772 at the Imperial Court — kept alive today by the Wetzlar Goethe Society.
Open Wetzlar on the mapWeimar & the Harz
Written in Weimar over a lifetime; the Brocken’s Walpurgis Night draws on his 1777 winter journey.
Open Weimar & the Harz on the mapRome
Two years at the Casa di Goethe on the Via del Corso — today a museum and association member.
Open Rome on the mapSainte-Menehould
The 1792 route through the Argonne — traced today by Les Amis de la Route de Goethe 1792.
Open Sainte-Menehould on the mapZurich & the Gotthard
Three journeys to the Alps, from Stäfa on Lake Zurich to the Gotthard pass.
Open Zurich & the Gotthard on the mapDownload correlati
Liste di lettura, edizioni e materiale di approfondimento sulle opere di Goethe.