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On 13 July 1788, the 39-year-old Goethe met the 23-year-old Vulpius in the Park an der Ilm, where she handed him a petition on behalf of her brother Christian August. Goethe later advocated several times for his future brother-in-law. That summer, Goethe and Vulpius began a passionate love affair.
In 1790, he returned to Weimar, where Goethe obtained employment for him. Here, since 1788, Goethe had been contentedly living quasi-maritally with Vulpius's sister Christiane. [2] In Weimar, Vulpius began, in imitation of Christian Heinrich Spiess, to write a series of romantic narratives: operas, dramas and tales. [2]
Entrance to the Jakobskirchhof Grave of Christiane von Goethe née Vulpius, Goethe's wife. The Jacobsfriedhof, also known as the Jakobskirchhof ("St. James's Burial Ground" or "Churchyard"), is the oldest extant burial ground in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, on land round the Jakobskirche (St. James's Church). The first burials took place here as ...
Et in Arcadia ego [1]. Italian Journey initially takes the form of a diary, with events and descriptions written up apparently quite soon after they were experienced. The impression is in one sense true, since Goethe was clearly working from journals and letters he composed at the time – and by the end of the book he is openly distinguishing between his old correspondence and what he calls ...
Goethe had five children with Christiane Vulpius. Only their eldest son, August, survived into adulthood. One child was stillborn, while the others died early. Through his son August and daughter-in-law Ottilie, Johann had three grandchildren: Walther, Wolfgang and Alma. Alma died of typhoid fever during the outbreak in Vienna, at age 16 ...
Goethe used this as an organizing metaphor for marriage, and for the conflict between responsibility and passion. In the book, people are described as chemical species whose amorous affairs and relationships were pre-determined via chemical affinities similar to the pairings of alchemical species.
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Hans Gerhard Gräf. Hans Gerhard Gräf (5 May 1864 – 20 December 1942) was a German Goethe specialist.. Gräf was born on 5 May 1864 in Weimar.He was essential in preparation of the authoritative 1887-1919 Weimar complete edition of the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (also known as the Sophie edition).