An epistolary novel by author inspired copycat suicides across Europe, as many readers found themselves jealous of Albert for the affections of Lotte.
Emerson's Representative Men picked this man as "the Writer." A poem by this author begins, "Who's riding so late through the endless wild?" and ends when the father discovers his son, who he's holding in his arms, is dead. This author founded Weimar Classicism with his great friend (*) Friedrich Schiller. An epistolary novel by author inspired copycat suicides across Europe, as many readers found themselves jealous of Albert for the affections of Lotte. A two-part verse play by this author has highlights like a contract signed in blood and a poodle transforming itself into the devil. For 10 points, name this German sturm und drang poet of Faust.
Emerson's Representative Men picked this man as "the Writer."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [GER-tuh, roughly]