The Life And Times of Goethe
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How was it that Werther and Lotte, two radical German nat- ures, were understood by French, Italian, and English as if they were of Celtic, Roman, or Norman-Saxon origin ?
It is known that Napoleon when a young man had read " Werther," and probably knew no other of Goethe's works ; so that it must have been on this account alone that he asked to have Goethe presented to him, as the gi'eatest German poet, when he hurried triumphantly through Germany.
I have proposed these questions, because thei...r answer will direct our attention to an element contained in the romance, and in the characters figuring in it, which until now has been too much overlooked. Thus far, I have only considered Goethe's personal relations as possible sources of the romance. I have tried to explain the sort of persons it was necessary Goethe should come in contact with, to shape in his imagination Werther, Lotte, and Albert. No doubt these persons were indispensable, but it needed co-operation from another direction to cause them to take root in his imagination ; or, to express it more clearly, these persons only blended with something 148 LIFE AND TIMES OF GOETHE.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
How was it that Werther and Lotte, two radical German nat- ures, were understood by French, Italian, and English as if they were of Celtic, Roman, or Norman-Saxon origin ?
It is known that Napoleon when a young man had read " Werther," and probably knew no other of Goethe's works ; so that it must have been on this account alone that he asked to have Goethe presented to him, as the gi'eatest German poet, when he hurried triumphantly through Germany.
I have proposed these questions, because thei...r answer will direct our attention to an element contained in the romance, and in the characters figuring in it, which until now has been too much overlooked. Thus far, I have only considered Goethe's personal relations as possible sources of the romance. I have tried to explain the sort of persons it was necessary Goethe should come in contact with, to shape in his imagination Werther, Lotte, and Albert. No doubt these persons were indispensable, but it needed co-operation from another direction to cause them to take root in his imagination ; or, to express it more clearly, these persons only blended with something 148 LIFE AND TIMES OF GOETHE.
What to read after The Life And Times of Goethe?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Grimm, Herman Friedrich, 1828-1901 to read onlineMoreLess
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