在有关德国文学乃至整个思想文化史的著述中,经常使用“歌德时代”(die Goethezeit)这么个称呼。它概指一七七○至一八三○这六十余年,也即德国思想文化史上的狂飙突进,古典时期和浪漫派等三个重要阶段的总称。这一时期,拿恩格斯的话来说,德国的政治和社会情况简直是糟透了,“简直 In the writings on German literature and the whole history of ideas and cultures, we often use the term “die Goethezeit.” It refers to 1770 to 1830 these sixty years, that is, the history of German ideological and cultural boom soared, the classical period and romanticism, the three major stages in general. During this period, in the words of Engels, Germany’s political and social situation was simply terrible. "Simply