1848—
Letter to Emelyn Story
p74mentioned
“But why Leonora? Not Burger's Leonora?”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Author
Gottfried August Bürger(1747–1794)
Gottfried August Bürger is documented in Fuller’s letters and manuscripts (1848). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Early Reading Notes on Ballads, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
- Engagement
- AnalyzedReadMentioned
- Present in
- Letters · Manuscripts
- Documented
- 1848
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
When Fuller engaged with Gottfried August Bürger
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Bürger in Fuller’s reading world
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
n.d.—
Early Reading Notes on Ballads
p2“Burger's "Leonora" and "Freebooter" very fine / Their verse is true philosophy for a poet”
“Burger's "Leonora" and "Freebooter" very fine”
Fuller, Margaret. "Early Reading Notes on Ballads." Houghton Library, Harvard University.