Essays on Art and Literature
by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von; Gearey, John; Nardroff, Ellen Von; Nardroff, Ernest H. VonEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1994-07-05
Publisher(s): Princeton Univ Pr
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Summary
Translated by Ellen von Nardroff and Ernest H. von Nardroff The reflections on art and literature that Goethe produced throughout his life are the premise and corollary of his work as poet, novelist, and man of science. This volume contains such important essays as "On Gothic Architecture," "On the Laocoon Group," and "Shakespeare: A Tribute." Several works in this collection appear for the first time unabridged and in fresh translations.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Essays on Art | |
| Architecture | p. 3 |
| On German Architecture | p. 3 |
| On Gothic Architecture | p. 10 |
| Ancient Art | p. 15 |
| On the Laocoon Group | p. 15 |
| Myron's Cow | p. 23 |
| A Grave Near Cumae | p. 29 |
| European Art | p. 37 |
| Giuseppe Bossi: On Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper at Milan | p. 37 |
| Giotto's Last Supper | p. 59 |
| Ruisdael as Poet | p. 62 |
| Rembrandt the Thinker | p. 66 |
| Two Landscapes by Philipp Hackert | p. 68 |
| Theory and History of Art | p. 71 |
| Simple Imitation, Manner, Style | p. 71 |
| On Realism in Art | p. 74 |
| Introduction to the Propylaea | p. 78 |
| Ancient versus Modern | p. 90 |
| A Challenge for a Modern Sculptor | p. 93 |
| Christ and Twelve Figures from the Old and New Testaments: A Suggestion for Sculptors | p. 95 |
| Winckelmann and His Age | p. 99 |
| The Collector and His Circle | p. 121 |
| Essays on Literature | |
| Literary Criticism | p. 163 |
| Shakespeare: A Tribute | p. 163 |
| Shakespeare Once Again | p. 166 |
| Laurence Sterne | p. 174 |
| On Byron's Manfred | p. 175 |
| On Byron's Cain | p. 177 |
| Dante | p. 180 |
| On Calderon's Daughter of the Air | p. 182 |
| A German Gil Blas | p. 184 |
| Faust (Tragedie de Monsieur de Goethe) | p. 186 |
| Literary Theory | p. 189 |
| Response to a Literary Rabble-Rouser | p. 189 |
| On Epic and Dramatic Poetry | p. 192 |
| Didactic Poetry | p. 194 |
| On Greek Tetralogies | p. 195 |
| On Interpreting Aristotle's Poetics | p. 197 |
| Plato as Party to a Christian Revelation | p. 200 |
| Stages of Man's Mind | p. 203 |
| Justus Moser: Superstition and Poetry | p. 205 |
| On Carlyle's German Romance | p. 206 |
| Advice for Young Poets | p. 208 |
| Further Advice for Young Poets | p. 209 |
| Observations on Art and Literature | |
| On Dilettantism | p. 213 |
| On Acting | p. 216 |
| On World Literature | p. 224 |
| Postscript | p. 229 |
| Notes | p. 241 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 263 |
| Index | p. 265 |
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