Der zauberlehrling von goethe biography
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This article is about the poem by Goethe. For other uses, see Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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| Name | The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Also known as | "Der Zauberlehrling" |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU (The Sorcerer's Apprentice; The Magician and his Pupil) and ATU * (The Apprentice and the Ghosts) |
| Region | Germany |
| Published in | "Der Zauberlehrling" (), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (German: "Der Zauberlehrling") is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas.
Story
[edit]The poem begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving his apprentice with chores to perform. Tired of fetching water by pail, the apprentice enchants a broom to do the work for him, using magic in which he is not fully trained. The floor is soon awash with water, and the apprentice realizes that he cannot stop the broom because he does not know the magic required to do so.
The apprentice splits the broom in two with an axe, but each piece becomes a whole broom that takes up a pail and continues fetching water, now at twice the speed. At this increased pace, the entire room
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bibliography
The following is a list of the major publications of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (–). volumes comprise the entirety of his literary output, ranging from the poetical to the philosophical, including 50 volumes of correspondence.
Scientific texts
[edit]- Über den Granit (About the Granite) (published posthumously in )
- Über den Zwischenkiefer der Menschen und der Tiere (About the premaxilla of humans and animals)
- Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären (The Metamorphosis of Plants)
- Beiträge zur Optik (Contributions to Optics) (2 volumes)
- Zur Farbenlehre (The Theory of Colours)
Autobiographical
[edit]Non-fiction
[edit]Prose
[edit]Novels
[edit]Wilhelm Meister novels
[edit]Novellas
[edit]- – Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten (Conversations of German emigrants) - also includes the fairy tale Das Märchen
- Novella
Short stories
[edit]- "Das Märchen" ("The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily") - a fairy tale
Poetry
[edit]- "Ohne Hast, ohne Rast" ("Haste not, Rest not")
- "Heidenröslein" ("Heath Rosebud"),
- "Prometheus",
- "Der König in Thule",
- "Der Erlkönig" ("The Alder King"),
- Römische Elegien (Roman Elegies), collection
- Reineke Fuchs, epic fable
- "Ich Denke
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Biography
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