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"Covering topics ranging from literature and art to philosophy and natural science, this accessible collection of essays explores Goethe's links to other cultures and his lasting impact today. In its remarkable breadth and depth, it gives students and researchers a scholarly overview commensurate with Goethe's long and varied career"--
List of contents
Introduction Charlotte Lee; Part I. Life and Times: 1. The life Nicholas Boyle; 2. Frankfurt and Weimar Joachim Whaley; 3. Weimar court and society Astrid Köhler; 4. Goethe as civil servant Stephanie Galasso; 5. Class Matthew Bell; 6. The French revolution W. Daniel Wilson; 7. Religion Yael Almog; Part II. Literature: 8. Poetry Charlotte Lee; 9. Drama Thomas Martinec; 10. Prose Sarah Vandegrift Eldridge; 11. 'Faust' T. J. Reed; 12. 'Wilhelm Meister' Frederick Amrine; 13. Classicism Steffan Davies; 14. Romanticism Stefan Matuschek; Part III. Art: 15. Greek and Roman art Katherine Harloe; 16. Goethe's drawings Petra Maisak; 17. Goethe the collector Catriona MacLeod; 18. Goethe and the invention of the Weimar landscape Liliane Weissberg; Part IV. Philosophy and Science: 19. Goethe and philosophy Willi Goetschel; 20. Goethe's improper mode of thought Clark S. Muenzer; 21. Goethe and German idealism Gabriel Trop; 22. Morphology Claudia Nitschke; 23. Colour theory Gerhard Lauer; 24. Geology Jennifer Caisley; Part V. World Cultures: Inspiration and Reception: 25. Italy Grazia Pulvirenti and Renata Gambino; 26. Britain Anne Bohnenkamp; 27. France Robert Vilain; 28. Iran Amir Irani-Tehrani; 29. China Johannes D. Kaminski; 30. America Daniel Carranza; 31. Weltliteratur (world literature) Angus Nicholls; Part VI. Goethe's Lasting Significance: 32. Faust and modernity Michael Jaeger; 33. Goethe's portrayal of love: family, same-sex, and non-exclusive Susan E. Gustafson; 34. Goethe and the musical world Mark Austin; 35. Goethe and our endangered natural world Heather I. Sullivan; 36. Goethe out of context postscript: oracle bones Frederick Amrine.
About the author
Charlotte Lee is Associate Professor of German at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Murray Edwards College. She is the author of The Very Late Goethe: Self-Consciousness and the Art of Ageing (2014) and the editor of German Romantic Poetry for Everyman's Library (2024). She has published widely on the period around 1800, is co-editor of Publications of the English Goethe Society and is on the editorial board of the Goethe-Lexicon of Philosophical Concepts. She is currently finishing a study of the relationship between poetry and movement.
Summary
Covering topics ranging from literature and art to philosophy and natural science, this accessible collection of essays explores Goethe's links to other cultures and his lasting impact today. In its remarkable breadth and depth, it gives students and researchers a scholarly overview commensurate with Goethe's long and varied career.
