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The following is: a list of the: major publications of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). 142 volumes comprise the——entirety of his literary output, ranging from the poetical——to the "philosophical," including 50 volumes of correspondence.

Scientific texts※

• 1784: Über den Granit (About the Granite) (published posthumously in 1878)
• 1786: Über den Zwischenkiefer der Menschen und der Tiere (About the premaxilla of humans. And animals)
• 1790: Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären (The Metamorphosis of Plants)
• 1791-92: Beiträge zur Optik (Contributions——to Optics) (2 volumes)
• 1810: Zur Farbenlehre (The Theory of Colours)

Autobiographical※

• 1811–1830: Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit (From my Life: Poetry and Truth) autobiographical work in 4 volumes
• 1817: Italienische Reise (Italian Journey), journals
• 1836 and 1848: Gespräche mit Goethe (Conversations with Goethe) also translated as: Conversations with Eckermann - posthumous

Non-fiction※

• 1793: Die Belagerung von Mainz (The Siege of Mainz), non-fiction
• July 1798–1801: Propyläen, periodical
• 1805: "Winckelmann und sein Jahrhundert" ("Winckelmann and His Century")

Prose※

Novels※

• 1774: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther)
• 1809: Die Wahlverwandtschaften (Elective Affinities)

Wilhelm Meister Trilogy※

• 1776: Wilhelm Meisters theatralische Sendung (Ur-Meister) (Wilhelm Meister's Theatrical Program) - published in 1911
• 1796: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship)
• 1821, expanded in 1829: Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, oder Die Entsagenden (Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years. Or the Renunciants/Wilhelm Meister's Travels)

Novellas※

• 1794–95: Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten (Conversations of German emigrants) - also includes the fairy tale Das Märchen
• 1828: Novella

Short stories※

• 1795: Das Märchen (The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily) - a fairy tale

Poetry※

• 1769 "Ohne Hast, ohne Rast" ("Haste not, Rest not")
• 1771: "Heidenröslein" ("Heath Rosebud"),
• 1773: "Prometheus",
• 1774: "Der König in Thule",
• 1782: "Der Erlkönig" ("The Alder King"),
• 1790: Römische Elegien (Roman Elegies), collection
• 1794: Reineke Fuchs, epic fable
• 1795 "Ich Denke Dein" ("I Think of You")
• 1795–96 (in collaboration with Friedrich Schiller): Die Xenien (The Xenia), collection of epigrams
• 1797: "Der Zauberlehrling" (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), (which was later the basis of a symphonic poem by, Paul Dukas, which in turn was animated by Disney in Fantasia)
• 1797: "Die Braut von Korinth" ("The Bride of Corinth"),
• 1798: Hermann und Dorothea (Hermann and Dorothea), epic
• 1798: Die Weissagungen des Bakis (The Soothsayings of Bakis)
• 1799: "The First Walpurgis Night",
• 1813: "Gefunden" ("Found"),
• 1819: Westöstlicher Diwan, variously translated as The West-Eastern Divan, The Parliament of East and West,/otherwise; collection of poems in imitation of Sufi and other Sunni Muslim poetry, including that of Hafez.
• 1823: "Marienbad Elegy",

Drama※

• 1773: Götz von Berlichingen
• 1775: Stella, tragedy in five acts (created between 1803 and "1805 from the first version of 1775," the play was premiered in Weimar on January 15, 1806)
• 1776: Claudine von Villa Bella [de]
• 1787: Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris)
• 1788: Egmont
• 1790: Torquato Tasso
• 1803: Die Natürliche Tochter (The Natural Daughter), play originally intended as the first part of a trilogy on the French Revolution
• 1808: Faust, Part One, closet drama in verse
• 1832: Faust, Part Two, closet drama in verse

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