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Insel Publishing, Frankfurt a. M. and Leipzig, 1998, ISBN 3-458-16912-1. Sigrid Damm (selection and epilogue): Christianes und Goethes Ehebriefe. Behalte mich ja lieb! Insel Publishing, Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1998 – Insel-Bücherei 1190, ISBN 3-458-19190-9. Etta Federn: Christiane von Goethe: Ein Betrag zur Psychologie Goethes.
The Roman Elegies (originally published under the title Erotica Romana in Germany, later Römische Elegien) is a cycle of twenty-four poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They reflect Goethe's Italian Journey from 1786 to 1788 and celebrate the sensuality and vigour of Italian and Classical culture.
The chapter begins with description of the affinity map (reaction map) or 'topographical chart' as Goethe calls it. On this reaction map, we are told that on it 'the features of the estate and its surroundings were clearly depicted, on quite a large scale, in pen and in different colors, to which the Captain had give a firm basis by taking ...
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]
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 ...
In 1786, Goethe observed that The Chymical Wedding contains "a pretty fairy story" for which he had no time at the moment. [2] Rudolf Steiner, in his 1918 book Goethe's Standard of the Soul, speaks of it as follows: "On the river stands the Temple in which the marriage of the Young Man with the Lily takes place. The 'marriage' with the ...
An expanded version was printed in 1827. It is part of Goethe's late work and the last great cycle of poetry he wrote. The initial issue consisted of twelve books: Book of the Singer (Moganni Nameh) Book of Hafiz (Hafis Nameh) Book of Love (Uschk Nameh) Book of Reflection (Tefkir Nameh) Book of Ill Humour (Rendsch Nameh) Book of Maxims (Hikmet ...
Faust: A Tragedy (German: Faust. Eine Tragödie, pronounced [faʊ̯st ˈaɪ̯nə tʁaˈɡøːdi̯ə] ⓘ, or Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust. The tragedy's first part]) is the first part of the tragic play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and is considered by many as the greatest work of German literature. [1]