Simon Richter 
Goethe Yearbook 13 [PDF ebook] 

Essays on the Wilhelm Meister novels, Faust, Goethe’s early plays, Schiller’s Räuber and on Goethe’s thought in relation to current debates on cosmopolitanism and postcoloniality.


The
Goethe Yearbook, first published in 1982, is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America and is dedicated to North American Goethe Scholarship. It aims above all to encourage and publish original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the
Goethezeit, while also welcoming contributions from scholars around the world.

This year’s volume features a cluster of exceptional essays thatshed new light on Goethe’s
Wilhelm Meister novels and
Faust, as well as fascinating articles on the early play
Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilen and the poem ‘Ilmenau, ‘ Schiller’s
Die Räuber, and anessay that places Goethe’s thought in relation to current debates about cosmopolitanism and postcoloniality. Engaging reviews of recent publications in Goethe studies round out the volume.


Contributors include Eric Denton, Matt Erlin, Jaimey Fisher, Ingrid Rieger, Rainer Kawa, David Barry, Stephanie Dawson, and John Pizer.


Simon J. Richter is Professor of German at the University of Pennsylvania. Book review editor Martha B. Helfer is Professor of German at Rutgers University.

Tabella dei contenuti

Presidential Address (December, 2004) Schiller vs. Goethe: Revisiting the Conflicting Reception Vectors of Heinrich Heine, Ludwig Börne, and Wolfgang Menzel Ludwig Börne, and Wolfgang Menzel – Jeffery L. Sammons

Goethe’s Mixed Media: The Entertainers in
Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern – Dr. Eric Hadley Denton

Goethe’s ‘Ilmenau’ and the Origins of the Aesthetic State – Matt Erlin

Familial Politics and Political Families: Consent, Critique, and the Fraternal Social Contract in Schiller’s
Die Räuber
Die Räuber – Jaimey Fisher

Paintings in Goethe’s
Wilhelm Meister Novels: The Dynamics of Erecting and ‘Eroding’ the Paternal Law – Ingrid Broszeit-Rieger

‘Waldplatz, ‘ ‘Wahlplatz’: Miszelle zur Golgotha-Konnotaion einer Episode in
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre – Rainer Kawa

Shocks from a Sicilian Underworld: Gangi, ‘Gänge, ‘ and a New Source for the ‘Mütter’ in Goethe’s
Faust – David Barry

‘Feuer brennen blau’: Rethinking the Rainbow in Goethe’s
Faust – Stephanie Dawson

Cosmopolitanism and
Weltliteratur – John Pizer

‘Von jedem öffentlichen Wirken in Deutschland ausgeschloßen’: Ein Brief Ottilie von Goethes and Sarah Austin (4. Aug. 1840) – Waltraud Maierhofer

Circa l’autore

JEFFREY L. SAMMONS is Professor Emeritus, Yale University