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The life and works of Goethe : with sketches of his age and contemporaries, from published and unpublished sources

Print Book, English, 1856
Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1856
Biographies
2 volumes : genealogical table ; 18 cm
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Volume 1. pt. 1. The child is father to the man: 1749 to 1765. Parentage
The precocious child
Early experiences
Various studies
The child is father to the man
pt. 2. Student days: 1765 to 1771. The Leipsic student
Mental characteristics
Art studies
Return home
Strasburg
Herder and Frederika
pt. 3. Sturm und drang. Dr. Goethe's return
Götz von Berlichinger
Wetzlab
Preparations for Werther
Survey of German literature
Clavigo
Th eliterary lion
Lili
pt. 4. The Genialisch period in Weimar 1775 to 1779. Weimar in the eighteenth century
The notabilities of Weimar
The first wild weeks at Weimar
The Frau von Stein
The Gartenhaus
Private theatricals
Many-colored threads
The real philanthropist Volume 2. pt. 5. Crystals: 1779 to 1798. New birth
Iphigenia
Progress
Preparations for Italy
Italy
Egmont
Return home
Christiane Vulpius
Tasso
The poet as a man of science
The campaign in France
Home once again
pt. 6. Friendship with Schiller: 1794 to 1805. The dioscuri
Wilhelm Meister
The Romantic School
Hermann und Dorthea
The theatrical manager
Schiller's last years
Faust
The lyrical poems
pt. 7. Sunset: 1805 to 1832. The battle of Jena
Bettina and Napoleon
Elective affinities
Politics and religion
The activity of age
Second part of Faust
The closing scenes
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