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Goethe's literary essays

Chapter 57: Transcriber’s note
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A selection of critical essays and conversations in which the author examines principles of art, architecture, poetry, and drama, arguing for close observation, a balance between imitation and invention, and the interplay of truth and probability in representation. The pieces offer methodological reflections on criticism, debates between classical and modern approaches, practical concerns of theatre and acting, and readings of major dramatists alongside commentary on other writers. Dialogues and aphoristic notes further clarify aesthetic concepts such as style, taste, originality, imagination, and the idea of a world literature.

Transcriber’s note

Italics in chapter headings and spelling of title of works were standardized. Hyphenation was standardized where appropriate.

Page number references in the index are as published in the original publication and have not been checked for accuracy in this eBook.

Spelling was retained as in the original except for the following changes:

Page vii: “Tieck’s Dramaturgic “Ludwig Tieck’s Dramaturgic
Page viii: “Subject-matter of Poetry” “Subject-Matter of Poetry”
Page 36: “with my possessessions” “with my possessions”
Page 89: “its aesthetic and ethical” “its æsthetic and ethical”
Page 166: “These s approaches” “These soft approaches”
Page 200: “Cymbelline, a Trageay” “Cymbelline, a Tragedy”
Page 207: “art of poety ever” “art of poetry ever”
Page 244: “and the stubborness” “and the stubbornness”
Page 255: “made many distiches” “made many distichs”
Page 291: “of the compatability” “of the compatibility”
Page 292: “elsewhere Sainte-Beauve” “elsewhere Sainte-Beuve”
Page 297: “(complete translalation” “(complete translation”