The Sorrows of Young Werther and The First Fandom Drama
Added 2020-07-27 23:19:08 +0000 UTCAs we continue to contemplate the ways fandoms behave and evolve, I wish to tell you the sordid tale of the first modern fandom drama, and what the feverous reception to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" can teach us about fandoms today.
Chapter Markers:
0:00 Introduction
3:38 Chapter 1: Storm and Drive
6:49 Chapter 2: Ode to Jerusalem
11:22 Chapter 3: Recounting the Sorrows
29:12 Chapter 4: Werther Fever
44:14 Chapter 5: A Lesson from Werther
Werther Storyboard Segments drawn by
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Special Voice Appearances from:
John Fischer | https://twitter.com/WeekenderShow
Morgan Stutler | https://www.twitch.tv/mrmorphine482
Kyle Kallgren | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0KaZd_ki4l2EUc1GY9u5Ew
Sources:
Brekle, Ursula. “Nicolai Auf Werthers Grabe.” Leipzig-Lese, Bertuch Weimar Publishing House, 26 June 2020, www.leipzig-lese.de/index.php?article_id=720.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. The Sorrows of Young Werther. Translated by Micheal Hulse, Penguin Publishing, 1989.
Thorson, Jan, and Per-Arne Öberg. “Was There a Suicide Epidemic After Goethe’s Werther ?” Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 69–72. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/13811110301568.
Will Durant (1967). The Story of Civilization Volume 10: Rousseau and Revolution. Simon & Schuster. p. 563.
