Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Chapter I. Winckelmann and the Myth of Greece 1
5. Chapter II. The Ancient Image of Death: Lessing and His Impact 24
6. Chapter III. Antiquity and Reason: Wieland 33
7. Chapter IV. The Greeks and History: Herder 45
8. Chapter V. Prometheus: Young Goethe 61
9. Chapter VI. Islands and Idyls: Heinse, Müller, and Forster 73
10. Chapter VII. Iphigenia and Italy: Goethe 89
11. Chapter VIII. The Semblance of Paganism: Schiller 119
12. Chapter IX. The Greek Gods and Christ: Hölderlin 142
13. Chapter Χ. Christianity versus Aesthetic Paganism: Some Romanticists 166
14. Chapter XI. Aesthetics and Culture: Humboldt 194
15. Chapter XII. The Return of Helen: Goethe 212
16. Notes. Index
17. EDITIONS FREQUENTLY CITED 238
18. Notes 239
19. Index 279