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II Schiller and Goethe; 3 Clever Priests and the Missions of Moses and Schiller: From Monotheism to the Aesthetic Civilization of the Individual; 4 “Then Say What Your Religion Is”: Goethe, Religion, and Faust; 5 Classicism and Secular Humanism: The Sanctification of Die Zauberflöte in Goethe's “Novelle” III Kleist and Hölderlin
Goethe is here moving beyond catharsis and beyond tragedy. Healed by nature’s soothing influence, Faust is not just his old self. In a symbolic sequence he tries first to look straight at the rising sun, cannot bear the sight, and turns round to contemplate a waterfall in which the sun’s rays are reflected.
Jan 28, 2016 · Abstract. For Goethe, humanity formed part of a greater unity, that of Nature. Nature was also something to be experienced in the most direct, immediate way. ‘Nature’ looks closely at the poem Auf dem See, to appreciate how Goethe’s language expresses his sensuous apprehension of Nature. Goethe saw Nature as a sensuous maternal presence ...
About Faust, Parts 1 and 2. Faust, Goethe's great dramatic poem in two parts, is his crowning work. Even though it is based on the medieval legend of a man who sold his soul to the devil, it actually treats modern man's sense of alienation and his need to come to terms with the world in which he lives. This theme has always been an important ...
Elective Affinities (German: Die Wahlverwandtschaften), also translated under the title Kindred by Choice, is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809. Situated around the city of Weimar, the book relates the story of Eduard and Charlotte, an aristocratic couple enjoying an idyllic but somewhat mundane life on a secluded ...
Dec 16, 2020 · According to a popular view Goethe was an “Augenmensch”, Footnote 1 literally, an “eye person”, a mind touched in notable ways by the power of visual images. This descriptor, to which a passage from Faust has added further weight, Footnote 2 is useful in that it highlights a prominent aspect of Goethe’s sensibility—his response to physical beauty and the strong emotions it arouses ...
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Oct 7, 2016 · Rudolf Steiner. (Written 1883; GA 1 / Bn 1 / CW 1) (See below: Bn 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, and 1e) Click to Visit the Verlag. Rudolf Steiner went to Weimar to edit the scientific writings of Goethe for the Kürschner edition of the “German National Literature.”. Along with sorting and arranging Goethe's works, Steiner wrote introductions and ...
