In the years of the German Liberation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. NATURE
5. Rococo 3
6. Strasbourg 7
7. Herder 9
8. German Drama 16
9. The Grandeur and Misery of Genius 23
10. La Maladie du Siècle 28
11. New Love 36
12. Demon and Destiny 38
13. The Harvest of youth 42
14. MIND
15. Weimar 51
16. "Bliss of Nearest Nearness" 56
17. New Lyric 60
18. The Voice of Humanity 63
19. The Tragedy of the Artist 72
20. Italy 78
21. New Life in Weimar 90
22. The Trench Revolution 95
23. The friend 105
24. The Problem of "Bildung" 110
25. A Middle-Class Homer 131
26. Classic Poems 138
27. Principles of Classic Art 142
28. The Romanticists 147
29. WISDOM
30. Sonnets 167
31. Pandora 171
32. Elective Affinities 180
33. Autobiographical Writings 191
34. In the years of the German Liberation 198
35. West-Eastern Divan 219
36. Last Poems 231
37. Wilhelm Meister's Travels 250
38. Lesser Fiction 271
39. Faust 290
40. CHRONOLOGY 329
41. INDEX 335