Enlightenment thought in the writings of Goethe : a contribution to the history of ideas

Author:Paul E. Kerry

Summary:Shows Goethe, the most famous of German writers, as a child of the Enlightenment.

Print Book, English, 2001

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Publisher: Camden House, Rochester, N.Y., 2001

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Genre:Criticism, interpretation, etc

Physical Description:x, 243 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781571132215, 157113221X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:46634302

Contents:

IntroductionThe Emergence of Enlightenment ConcernsAdoption, Adaptation, and Assimilation in Iphigenie auf TaurisAn Enlightenment Coign of Vantage: The Intersection of History, Literature, and Belief in EgmontHealing the Wounds of War: The Sankt-Rochus-Fest zu bingenThe Morgenblatt Essay on Die GeheimnisseGoethe's WeltfestThe Foreign and the Familiar in the West-östlicher DivanBesserem VerständnissReligious Freedom in Wilhelm Meisters WanderjahreExcursus: "In this sense ... we do not tolerate Jews among us"Eigenheiten and WeltverkehnConclusionWorks ConsultedIndex

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