Early And Miscellaneous Letters

Author : Edward Bell
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ISBN 13 : 9781330454251
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe written by Edward Bell and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother Though Goethe is not commonly reckoned as one of the approved masters of the epistolary art, like Horace Walpole, Madame de Sevignd or Pliny the younger, yet he is probably one of the greatest letter writers that ever lived. Apart from the matter of his letters their number alone is extraordinary, and especially when, the voluminous nature of his other literary labours is considered. It has been computed that up to Easter, 1878, about 3900 letters of his had been published, in addition to about 1800 addressed to the Frau von Stein alone, mostly in the years 1776-1788. The number of his known correspondents is reckoned at about 340, and the range of subjects discussed is no less surprising than the fluency with which he treats them. To Schiller he wrote more than 600 letters, chiefly on the principles of poetry and art; and on the same subjects he corresponded with Schlegel, Bottiger, Riemer. With Merck, Carus, Dobereiner and others, he discussed physical science, and with Jacobi and Lavater subjects of a more metaphysical nature. On plastic art he corresponded with Oeser, Meyer and Sulpiz Boisseree, and on theatrical matters with Rochlitz, Iffland, Kirms and Graf Bruhl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."