Virtual Learning
Originally aired live March 9, 2021
Webinar: Classics Revisited Webinar Series – The Sorrows of Young Werther by J.W. von Goethe
panelists + moderator
Professor Michael Sugrue
Professor of History at Ave Maria University, BA in History from the University of Chicago, M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University
Kristy Goebel
Bibliotheca
Attendee Responses + Information
Enter the world of Werther in this tragic introduction to Romanticism and the powers of human passions. This lecture dives into Goethe’s impact on German literature and the perils of strong emotions, and is followed by a Q&A.
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