Wilhelm Meister and His English Kinsmen: Apprentices to LifeStudies the work of Goethe and his portrayal of Wilhlem Meister by looking at his apprenticeship patterns and also compares the first and second versions. |
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... novels of the late eighteenth century , notably Goethe's Wilhelm Meister , through the changing fortunes that befell it in the English novel of the Victorian period . The hero of such novels , whether German or Eng- 4 INTRODUCTION.
... novels of the late eighteenth century , notably Goethe's Wilhelm Meister , through the changing fortunes that befell it in the English novel of the Victorian period . The hero of such novels , whether German or Eng- 4 INTRODUCTION.
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... the English novel . Certainly the apprentice form is most clearly developed by those English writers who had either spent some time in Germany , or were familiar with German literature and thought , espe- cially Goethe's , from their ...
... the English novel . Certainly the apprentice form is most clearly developed by those English writers who had either spent some time in Germany , or were familiar with German literature and thought , espe- cially Goethe's , from their ...
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... The English Novel . London , Murray , 1895 , 2d ed . RICHARDSON , SAMUEL : Clarissa Harlowe . ROUSSEAU , JEAN JACQUES : La Nouvelle Héloise . Confessions . Émile . SCHILLER , FRIEDRICH : Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe , 314 ...
... The English Novel . London , Murray , 1895 , 2d ed . RICHARDSON , SAMUEL : Clarissa Harlowe . ROUSSEAU , JEAN JACQUES : La Nouvelle Héloise . Confessions . Émile . SCHILLER , FRIEDRICH : Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe , 314 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
APPRENTICESHIPS BEFORE WILHELM MEISTER | 16 |
THE ORIGINS AND COMPOSITION OF WILHELM | 41 |
Copyright | |
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