Shit like Goethe

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>>9846480
Mann's Diaries. I love the parts where he expresses concupiscence for his son.

As far as Goethe, read Willhelm Meister or Elective Affinities next, they are probably the most similar to Werther.

The other Weimer circle writers, especially Schiller are also similar. If you're getting into Weimar Classicism or German Romanticism in general you should read On the Aesthetic Education of Man, which is a series of letters Schiller wrote to Goethe on the nature of aesthetics, and it will give you a lot of grounding into the way these guys are thinking, although it takes some grounding in Kant to understand the technical terminology Schiller uses.

You could also read Novalis' Henry von Oftendingen, it has a lot of thematic and stylistic similarities, but I don't think it's nearly as good as Goethe's writing, although some people say that's due to poor translation.

>>9846480
Watch the movie Young Goethe in Love, if you haven't already.

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Awesome thanks guys! I'll be sure to take a look into each suggestion.

>>9846480
I was thinking of posting my how to read Goethe infographic, but this thread convinced me not to. Good job guys.

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>>9846480
Sentimental Education