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Elective Affinities (German: Die Wahlverwandtschaften), also translated under the title Kindred by Choice, is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809.
The notion of elective affinity ( Wahlverwandtschaft) has a long history which is much older that Weber’s writings. It went through a complex path that leads from alchemy to romantic literature (Goethe), and from there to the social sciences.
Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and passion, bringing together four people in an inexorable manner.
Elective Affinities (1809) is German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s third novel. The title is a reference to the scientific phenomenon in which types of chemicals show a preference to combine with certain substances over others.
Mar 15, 2007 · Elective affinities : a novel by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Publication date [19--?] Publisher New York : Collier Collection kellylibrary; toronto ...
Elective Affinities was written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary giant. This is a new edition of his penetrating study of marriage and...
Feb 24, 2005 · Inspired by Goethe's own conflicting loyalties as he battled to maintain his relationship with his wife and control his feelings for a younger woman, Elective Affinities is one of the...
