Hermann and Dorothea

1797 · Book · epic poem

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem, an idyll, written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797, and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss's Luise, an idyll in hexameters, which was first published in 1782–1784. Goethe's work is set around 1792 at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, when French forces under General Custine invaded and briefly occupied parts of the Palatinate. The hexameters of the nine cantos are at times irregular.

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Type: Book
Release date: October 1, 1797
Genres: epic poem
Created by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe