The Cambridge Companion to Goethe (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

295 Pages·2002·1.68 MB·English

by  Lesley Sharpe

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TheCambridgeCompaniontoGoethe
The Cambridge Companion to Goethe provides a challenging yet accessible
surveyofthisversatilefigure,notonlyoneoftheworld’sgreatestwritersbut
alsoatheatredirectorandartcritic,anaturalscientistandstateadministrator.
ThevolumeplacesGoetheinthecontextoftheGermanyandEuropeofhis
lifetime.Hisliteraryworkiscoveredinindividualchaptersonpoetry,drama
(with a separate chapter on Faust), prose fiction and autobiography. Other
chaptersdealwithhisworkintheWeimarTheatre,hisfriendshipwithSchiller,
his scientific studies and writings, his engagement with the visual arts, with
religionandphilosophy,thecontroversiessurroundinghispoliticalstandpoint
andtheimpactoffeministcriticism.Awide-rangingsurveyofreceptioninside
andoutsideGermanyandanextensiveguidetofurtherreadingroundoffthis
volume,whichwillappealtostudentsandspecialistsalike.

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THE CAMBRIDGE
COMPANION TO
GOETHE
EDITED BY
LESLEY SHARPE
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CONTENTS
Listofcontributors pageix
Acknowledgements x
Listofabbreviations xi
Chronology xiii
Introduction 1
lesley sharpe
1 TheworldGoethelivedin:GermanyandEurope,1750–1830 6
thomas p. saine
2 Goethethewriterandliteraryhistory 23
nicholas saul
3 Goethethepoet 42
john r. williams
4 Goethethedramatist 66
david v. pugh
5 Faust 84
jane k. brown
6 WeimarClassicism:Goethe’salliancewithSchiller 101
t. j. reed
7 GoetheandtheWeimartheatre 116
lesley sharpe
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contents
8 Goethe’sprosefiction 129
martin swales
9 Autobiographicalwritings 147
dennis f. mahoney
10 Indefenceofexperience:Goethe’snaturalinvestigations
andscientificculture 160
daniel steuer
11 Goetheandgender 179
barbara becker-cantarino
12 Goetheandthevisualarts 193
beate allert
13 Goetheandthepoliticalworld 207
w. daniel wilson
14 Religionandphilosophy 219
h. b. nisbet
15 ReceptioninGermanyandabroad 232
gerhart hoffmeister
Aguidetofurtherreading 256
Generalindex 268
IndexofGoethe’sworks 275
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