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The Cambridge Companion to Goethe
Edited by Lesley Sharpe
May 2002 | Hardback | 294 pages | ISBN: 0521662117 | £40.00
May 2002 | Paperback | 294 pages | ISBN: 0521665604 | £14.95
The Cambridge Companion to Goethe provides a challenging yet accessible
survey of this versatile figure, not only one of the world’s greatest writers but
also a theatre director and art critic, a natural scientist and state
administrator. The volume places Goethe in the context of the Germany and
Europe of his lifetime. His literary work is covered in individual chapters on
poetry, drama (with a separate chapter on Faust), prose fiction and
autobiography. Other chapters deal with his work in the Weimar Theatre, his
friendship with Schiller, his scientific studies and writings, his engagement
with the visual arts, with religion and philosophy, the controversies
surrounding his political standpoint and the impact of feminist criticism. A
wide-ranging survey of reception inside and outside Germany and an
extensive guide to further reading round off this volume, which will appeal to
students and specialists alike.
Contributors
Thomas P. Saine, Nicholas Saul, John R. Williams, David V. Pugh, Jane
Brown, T. J. Reed, Lesley Sharpe, Martin Swales, Dennis F. Mahoney,
Daniel Steuer, Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Beate Allert, W. Daniel Wilson, H.
B. Nisbet, Gerhart Hoffmeister
Contents
Introduction; Chronology; Abbreviations; 1. The world Goethe lived in:
Germany and Europe, 1750–1830 Thomas P. Saine; 2. Goethe the writer and
literary history Nicholas Saul; 3. Goethe the poet John R. Williams; 4.
Goethe the dramatist David V. Pugh; 5. Faust Jane Brown; 6. Weimar
classicism: Goethe’s alliance with Schiller T. J. Reed; 7. Goethe and the
Weimar theatre Lesley Sharpe; 8. Goethe’s prose fiction Martin Swales; 9.
Autobiographical writings Dennis F. Mahoney; 10. In defence of experience:
Goethe’s natural investigations and scientific culture Daniel Steuer; 11.
Goethe and gender Barbara Becker-Cantarino; 12. Goethe and the visual arts
Beate Allert; 13. Goethe and the political world W. Daniel Wilson; 14.
Religion and philosophy H. B. Nisbet; 15. Reception in Germany and abroad
Gerhart Hoffmeister; A guide to further reading; Index.
© Cambridge University Press 2001.
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