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The Sorrows of Young Werther made suicide trendy among that generation (difficult as that is to believe). Not that these poets directly killed themselves, but t
by lordgrenville 6y ago
The Sorrows of Young Werther made suicide trendy among that generation (difficult as that is to believe). Not that these poets directly killed themselves, but there was definitely an appeal to living dangerously and not taking care of yourself. Somewhat like the "27 club" among musicians.
- cafard 6y agoAnd Goethe lived to 73, not unusually old for a poet. It's a bit like Peter Townsend writing "My Generation" with "Hope I die before I get old", then turning up age 60 or so to play the Super Bowl halftime show.