Goethe Etc.
Friday, April 9, 2021
The young Goethe
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Goethe by Lips Yes, I have updated the image on the blog. Quite a lot of my scholarship has concerned Goethe's earliest literary product...
Thursday, April 1, 2021
"zum ewigen Ruhme"
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(Click to enlarge) I have come across two recent books on the European Enlightenment. One is by Ritchie Robertson: The Enlightenment: The Pu...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Goethe in 1778
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Head injuries of Roman gladiators Should any readers have wondered why Goethe Girl has been absent from posting here and also Goethe's T...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020
Der Brocken 1945
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I have been posting almost daily Tweets of Goethe's diary for December 1777, when Goethe was traveling in the Harz visiting various min...
Thursday, December 10, 2020
"Harzreise im Winter"
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As I mentioned in my previous post, it was at this time of year in 1777 that Goethe took off in a trip through the Harz. By then, he had bee...
Monday, November 30, 2020
Goethe's Harz Journey
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On Nov. 28, 1777, Goethe wrote in his diary: "besorgt ich noch aller ley." What is being referred to are his preparations for a ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
What Wilhelm Meister Might Have Seen on His Travels
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Matsumura Goshun, Woodcutters (detail), ca. 1790 The two images here are details of paintings I saw at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the o...
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