From Goethe to Gundolf : Essays on German Literature and Culture

"From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture is a collection of Roger Paulin's groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously researched, yet highly accessible. As a comprehensive examination of German literary history in the period 1700-1900, the collection not only includes accounts of the lives and work of Goethe, Schiller, the Schlegels, and Gundolf (amongst others), serving to nuance our understanding of these figures in history, but also considers diverse (and often under explored) topics, from academic freedom to the rise of travel literature. The essays have been reformulated, corrected, and updated to add references to recent works. However, the core foundations of the originals remain, and just as when they were first published, the value of these essays - to researchers, students, and all those who are interested in German literary history - cannot be overstated"--Publisher website Foreword 8 Goethe and Schiller: Goethezeit 10 1. Goethe: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers 12 2. Goethe and Stolberg in Italy: The Consequences for Romantic Art 34 3. Schiller: Wallenstein 55 4. Laocoon, Dante, Shakespeare, August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Overcoming of Tragedy 68 5. Adding Stones to the Edifice: Patterns of German Biography 89 6. Kleist’s Metamorphoses. Some Remarks on the Use of Mythology in Penthesilea 105 7. Goethe, the Brothers Grimm and Academic Freedom 133 ROMANTICISM 156 8. Fairy Stories for Very Sophisticated Children: Ludwig Tieck’s Phantasus 158 9. Gundolf’s Romanticism 170 NINETEENTH CENTURY 188 10. Some Remarks on the New Edition of the Works of Wilhelm Müller 190 11. Heine and Shakespeare 217 12. The ‘Schillerfeier’ of 1859 and the ‘Shakespearefest’ of 1864. With Some Remarks on Theodor Fontane’s Contributions 232 13. Under the Horse’s Tail: The Poets, Statuary and the Literary Canon in Nineteenth-Century Germany 255 POETRY 280 14. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock: ‘Der Zürchersee’ 282 15. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 302 16. Rilke: Duino Elegy Ten: In memoriam Leslie Seiffert, 1934–90 323 BOOKS 348 17. Julius Hare’s German Books in Trinity College Library, Cambridge 350 Bibliography 376 List of Illustrations 400 Index 404 From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture' is a collection of Roger Paulin?s groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously researched, yet highly accessible.0As a comprehensive examination of German literary history in the period 1700-1900, the collection not only includes accounts of the lives and work of Goethe, Schiller, the Schlegels, and Gundolf (amongst others), serving to nuance our understanding of these figures in history, but also considers diverse (and often underexplored) topics, from academic freedom to the rise of travel literature.0The essays have been reformulated, corrected, and updated to add references to recent works. However, the core foundations of the originals remain, and just as when they were first published, the value of these essays ? to researchers, students, and all those who are interested in German literary history ? cannot be overstated This book is a collection of Roger Paulin's groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously researched, yet highly accessible