The Life and Works of Goethe : With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries from Published and Unpublished Sources (Paperback)

Preface; Book I. The Child is Father to the Man. 1749?1765: 1. Parentage; 2. The precocious child; 3. Early experiences; 4. Various studies; 5. The child is father to the man; Book II. Student Days. 1765?1771: 1. The Leipzig student; 2. Mental characteristics; 3. Art studies; 4. Return home; 5. Strasburg; 6. Herder and Frederika; Book III. Sturm und Drang. 1771?1775: 1. Dr. Goethe's return; 2. Gotz van Berlichingen; 3. Wetzlar; 4. Preparations of Werther; 5. Werther; 6. Survey of German literature; 7. Clavigo; 8. The literary lion; 9. Lili; Book IV. The Genialisch Period in Weimar. 1775?1779: 1. Weimar in the eighteenth century; 2. The notabilities of Weimar; 3. The first wild weeks at Weimar; 4. The Frau von Stein; 5. The Gartenhaus; 6. Private theatricals; 7. Many-coloured threads; 8. The real philanthropist.