Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published Hermann and Dorothea.
Hermann and Dorothea is an epic poem , an idyll , written by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between 1796 and 1797 , and was to some extent suggested by Johann Heinrich Voss 's Luise , an idyll in hexameters , which was first published in 1782-84 . Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . During this period , Goethe published his second novel , Wilhelm Meister 's Apprenticeship , the verse epic Hermann and Dorothea , and , in 1808 , the first part of his most celebrated drama , Faust .