WorkJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

Götz

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)

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Essays

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  • 1837Herman und Dorothea; Gotz von Berlichingen; Iphigenia; Faust (first part); ClavigoPossiblePosthumous testimony

    “Goethe's Herman und Dorothea, Gotz von Berlichingen, Iphigenia, first part of Faust, and Clavigo”

    Mem-4 Margaret Fuller by Julia Ward Howe · winter of teaching, 1836-37

    Same dated (1836-37) sentence continuing the specific list of Goethe works read.

When Fuller engaged with this work

No datable encounters with von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang have been catalogued yet.

Undated

Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.

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Monument to Goethe.

“Monument to Goethe.”
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“none but a German could have written Götz and Werther, Hermann and Dorothea, his songs and his Faust”

Fuller, Margaret. "Monument to Goethe." New-York Daily Tribune, .