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Also known as: “Die Wahlverwandtschaften”, “Elective Affinities”

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In German literature: Goethe and the Romantics
Goethe’s novel Die Wahlverwandtschaften (1809; Elective Affinities), with its emphasis on the supranatural and spiritual as well as on the sainthood of the female protagonist, is an example of this new style. Another example is Part II of his Faust drama. This sprawling cosmic allegory dramatizes the magician’s career at…
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