WorkJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
West-östlicher Divan [West-Eastern Divan] (Stuttgart: Cotta, 1819) Inferred
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) · West-östlicher Divan [West-Eastern Divan], Stuttgart: Cotta, 1819; expanded 1827
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Documented 1834–1841
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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.
“Goethe's notes. to the W.O Devan - I read them in bed for I was very ill to day.”
Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers) · 183[4]5 or 5? [pencil marginal note]
Explicit statement: 'I read them in bed for I was very ill today' about Goethe's Divan notes.
“Goethe's notes. to the W.O Devan - I read them in bed for I was very ill to day.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
“Quotes Goethe's W. &. Divan. This / book was undoubtedly composed / to illustrate the line of David.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notebook January 1835." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (86); Box 6.
Inferred Fuller explicitly notes 'Quotes Goethe's W. &. Divan' at the point where Eichhorn discusses the Book of Ruth's idyllic beauty. Divan' clearly abbreviates West-östlicher Divan. Fuller is noting that Eichhorn invokes Goethe's Divan in connection with Ruth. At p. 51 Fuller notes that Eichhorn 'Quotes Goethe's W. &. Divan' in the context of discussing the Book of Ruth's idyllic beauty.
“telling all Goethe's religion in Mignon and Makana, all his wisdom in the Western-Eastern Divan”
Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860. · p17
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Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
“p54: '5, 6 West-ostlicher Divan & notes to the same. Read this next with care.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes toward The Life of Goethe." Houghton Library, Harvard University.