Culture and Society in Classical Weimar 1775-1806

Forsideomslag
CUP Archive, 1962 - 465 sider
A paperback of the hardcover edition, first published in 1962. The book describes Goethe's Weimar from documents and research and interprets the connections between German culture and German society both in the age of Goethe and later. To this book Professor Bruford has written a sequel, The German Tradition of Self-Cultivation, and the two books together offer an introduction to the whole evolution of the German intellectual tradition.
 

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DUCHESS ANNA AMALIA AND WIELAND
12
SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN WEIMAR
53
GOETHES CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
118
ii Contributions to the Tiefurt Journal
136
iii Goethes interest in science
142
iv Painting and drawing
151
Goethes inner life
171
WEIMAR THEORIES OF CULTURE
184
Conclusion
290
THE LATER HISTORY OF THE WEIMAR IDEALS
389
The structure of Weimar Society in 1820
428
References
441
Select Bibliography
452
Index
458
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