Margaret Fuller’s Reading Worlds

WorkJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Essays on Art [Aufsätze zur Kunst]”

Essays on Art [Aufsätze zur Kunst] (various dates; collected ed

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)

InferredFuller refers to "S.'s translations from Goethe"—Samuel Gray Ward's translation work—which Hudspeth identified as Essays on Art, by Goethe. Goethe is named explicitly; the specific title is inferred from the footnote.

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Documented 1845

Letters • Essays

Selected engagements, in chronological order.

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York2records
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
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1832
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1844
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Letter to Caroline Sturgis

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“S.'s translations from Goethe have been a fine study for him as all things are, still in the Come Mair chapter, though roselights may have been let through his windows, by draperies from another home.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.

Inferred Fuller refers to "S.'s translations from Goethe"—Samuel Gray Ward's translation work—which Hudspeth identified as Essays on Art, by Goethe. Goethe is named explicitly; the specific title is inferred from the footnote.

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Essays on Art; By Goethe; Translated . . .

“Essays on Art; By Goethe; Translated . . .”
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“This book is a precious gift to the American public.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Essays on Art; By Goethe; Translated . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 29 May 1845. · 29 May 1845