1837—
Letter to John S. Dwight
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“Sehnsucht" by Goethe I have translated”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
WorkJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Sehnsucht”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
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Documented 1837
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- 1837Eins und Alles; SehnsuchtDemonstrated
“EMs und Alles" and "Sehnsucht" by Goethe I have translated but still worse than what I send.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Groton 31st May, 1837.
Translated engagement type; explicit statement of having translated the Goethe poems.