The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) , by the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , is considered to be a reaction against the Enlightenment because its hero
A) criticizes Rousseau's ideas about individual rights and democracy.
B) marries the Catholic Thérèse instead of the deist Jeanne.
C) is driven insane by his obsessive quest for knowledge.
D) indulges in intense love, intense melancholy, and suicide.
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