1838—
Letter to Caroline Sturgis
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“I have also been studying most happily on Goethe's Propylea.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
WorkJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
Die Propyläen [The Propylaen]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) · Tübingen: J. G. Cotta, 1798–1800
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Documented 1838–1840
Letters • Journals • Manuscripts
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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.
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- 1838Die PropyläenAttested
“I have also been studying most happily on Goethe's Propylea—and reading also with delight the book on Language which I was inclined to scout”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Providence 3d Jany 1838
"I have also been studying most happily on Goethe's Propylea" is an explicit reading statement.
When Fuller engaged with this work
1839—
Letter to Caroline Sturgis
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“I will read you passages from Goethe's Propylea out at Willow Brook, as a fit expression of my gratitude”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.
1839—
Journal April 1839
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“This reflection has suggested the title of Propylæa / Not that we presumptuously compare the present work to that superb building, through which the Athenians were introduced into their citadel and The temple of Minerva ...”
Fuller, Margaret. "Journal April 1839." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (Box A); Box 5 (99).
1840—
Letter to Frederic H. Hedge
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“I think also of giving readings in Boston from Goethe's Miscellanies, if they collect a circle large enough to make it worth my while.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.
Inferred Fuller names Goethe's "Miscellanies" as the text for readings she plans to conduct in Boston, as Hudspeth identified, these readings included selections from Goethe's Propyläen along with essays and letters on painting and sculpture.
1840—
Letter to Sarah Helen Whitman
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“As soon as Mr Emerson's lectures are over I am to take that eveg to give readings from Goethe's works on the Fine Arts to a small circle.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.
Inferred Fuller plans to give readings from Goethe's works on the fine arts to a small circle, a plan she also mentions in another letter as "Goethe's Miscellanies"; as Hudspeth identified that this refers to Goethe's Propyläen and his essays on painting and sculpture.
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Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
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Journal Fragments
pp. 34–39, 56–66excerpted · analyzed · quoted · readManuscript page
“Extract from the introduction to Goethe’s Propylea.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Journal Fragments." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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Notes toward The Life of Goethe
p44excerpted · analyzed · readManuscript page
“p44: 'Extract's from Goethe's Propylea. — Propyl[ae]n / Goethe' followed by the table of artistic oppositions: 'The Imitative”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes toward The Life of Goethe." Houghton Library, Harvard University.