WorkJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

Die natürliche Tochter [The Natural Daughter]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)

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Documented 1839

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Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.

  • undatedNaturliche TochterDemonstrated

    “O friend, how flat and tasteless such a life!...'Naturliche Tochter.' Translated by Margaret”

    Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

    Translated engagement type explicitly labeled 'Translated by Margaret,' confirming her own translation work.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist1record
V. New York
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850
1839—

Journal April 1839

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“Goethe's 'natural daughter' is founded on the memoirs of Stephanie Bourbon de Conti.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Journal April 1839." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (Box A); Box 5 (99).