Crossword clues for werther
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
love-lorn hero of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers" ("The Sorrows of Young Werther"), popular and influential short novel published in 1774. His name was used as a type of morbid sentimentality.
Wikipedia
Werther is an opera (drame lyrique) in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which was based both on fact and on Goethe's own early life. Earlier examples of operas using the story were made by Kreutzer (1792) and Pucitta (1802).
Werther can refer to:
- The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), a novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Werther, an opera by Jules Massenet, based on this novel, or the main character in the novel and opera
- Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia, a town in western Germany
- Werther, Thuringia, a municipality in eastern Germany
- Werther's Original, a toffee-and-cream candy
- The New Werther, by the statistician Karl Pearson
Werther is a 1986 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Eusebio Poncela.
The film was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It also won the award for best sound at the first edition of the Goya Awards.
Werther is a 1927 Czech silent film directed by and starring Milos Hajský.
The film's art direction was by Vilém Rittershain.
Usage examples of "werther".
I was equally impotent to create imaginary characters, which in their own way revealed my sorrows, my weaknesses, my follies and my virtues, forming new personalities with independent life: as my dear friend Goethe created Werther, Faust, Egmont and Tasso.
To convince ourselves of this, we do not need to recall the effect of Werther, of Childe Harold, and of Don Juan, and the imitation of their sentimentality, misanthropy, and adventure, down to the copying of the rakishness of the loosely-knotted necktie and the broad turn-over collar.