Conversations of German Refugees

by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von; Heurck, Jan Van; Brown, Jane K.; Winston, Krishna; Brown, Jane K.

• ISBN13: 9780691043456
• ISBN10: 0691043450
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-16
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Goethe was a master of the short prose form. His two narrative cycles,Conversations of German RefugeesandWilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years,both written during a high point of his career, address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas,Conversations of German Refugeesdeals with the impact and significance of the French Revolution and suggests Goethe's ideas on the social function of his art. Goethe's last novel,Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years,is a sequel toWilhelm Meister's Apprenticeshipand toConversations of German Refugeesand is considered to be his most remarkable novel in form.

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note	p. ix
Introduction I
Conversations of German Refugees	p. 13
The Fairy Tale	p. 70
Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years or The Renunciants	p. 93
	p. 97
The Flight into Egypt	p. 97
	p. 101
Saint Joseph the Second	p. 101
The Visitation	p. 106
The Lily Stalk	p. 109
	p. 112
	p. 116
	p. 126
The Deranged Pilgrim	p. 128
	p. 138
	p. 148
	p. 153
Who Is the Traitor?	p. 153
	p. 164
	p. 174
	p. 184
The Nut-brown Maid	p. 184
	p. 195
	p. 199
	p. 206
	p. 212
The Man of Fifty Years	p. 212
	p. 227
	p. 237
	p. 253
	p. 254
	p. 267
	p. 277
	p. 281
	p. 284
Reflections in the Spirit of the Wanderers: ART, ETHICS, NATURE	p. 294
	p. 313
	p. 319
	p. 321
	p. 330
	p. 332
	p. 342
The New Melusine	p. 343
	p. 358
	p. 359
The Perilous Wager	p. 360
	p. 363
	p. 369
Not Too Far	p. 370
	p. 378
	p. 381
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	p. 409
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	p. 414
	p. 416
From Makarie's Archives	p. 417
Notes	p. 437
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