Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,  1749-1832 <br/><br/>
Römische Elegien 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6mische_Elegien  Release date is 2005-04-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Delphine Lettau and Mike Pullen  Produced by Delphine Lettau and Mike Pullen 
<br/><br/> "Römische Elegien" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a cycle of 24 poems written between 1788 and 1790. Composed after his return from Italy, these elegies capture the passionate affair between the lyrical narrator and a mysterious woman called "Faustina" in Rome. The poems blend erotic adventure with classical education, as ancient monuments come alive through love's lens. Written in classical elegiac meter, Goethe initially withheld four particularly sensual pieces, publishing only twenty in 1795. The complete cycle celebrates desire, intellectual discovery, and the intoxicating freedom found beyond conventional society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>German poetry -- 18th century 
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