Why isn't Goethe mentioned here more often, or read by the public at large? And even though writers like Gene Wolfe are memed here, I'm pretty sure Wolfe is still considered hipster-tier. Yet on Veeky Forums, Wolfe is still mentioned at least 3 times more often than Goethe.
Goethe and Faust
Blake King
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Asher Young
cause Veeky Forums is filled with pseuds.
prepare for people telling you goethe is overrated anf faust is garbage
Owen Reyes
Because his works are just so fucking obvious.
What is there interesting to talk about in Faust, Werther, Elective Affinities, Wilhelm Meister?
You just fucking read about them, acknowledge he was a titan, then move on.
Evan Morales
The Faust story was done better by Marlowe and even in German better by Mann. I think not many people on here read German.
The sorrows of young werther is good.
He is mentioned here about as much as is deserved (about once every couple days).
Wolfe is probably the best in a certain type of writing (literary fantasy) so is mentioned anytime that type of writing is discussed.
Daniel Diaz
case in point: a retard
Dylan Edwards
I actually think it's a good thing for him he's not discussed here.
Tyler Clark
fair point desu
Zachary Roberts
Look for interesting literary criticism on Goethe. Online, at your library, it doesn't matter. Just go look for it.
Josiah Martinez
I make a point to mention him sometimes, but it never seems to get me any (You)s desu.
nice bait
Jonathan Sanchez
Wolfe is mentioned 20 times more, for sure.
The reason I for one mention Wolfe is because he's my favorite writer and I've only read Werther from Goethe, which was not bad, but nothing which I feel the need to mention. I don't harbor love for him.
Wolfe is contemporary and is the best you can find in science fiction and fantasy, which is an interesting genre to 20 something years olds, compared to melodramatic sorrows of a 18th century German.
I didn't read Faust, it's pretty long and german isn't a language discussed often in general.
Maybe if people started making buzz, or shilled him more he'd see more discussion.