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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832):


Subject Literature » Victorian Literature

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405151191.2007.x


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German poet and dramatist. Charlotte was interested in him, but denied his greatness, calling him “clear, deep, but very cold” (to WSW, 15 Sep 1849?). She criticized him for egotism, and said “he thought no more of swallowing up poor Eckermann’s existence in his own than the Whale thought of swallowing Jonah” (to WSW, 13 Sep 1849). Eckermann was the author of Conversations with Goethe (1837), which Charlotte had read. Goethe is on Hunsden’s bookshelves in The Professor (ch. 4), and his motto “ ohne Hast aber ohne Rast ” is quoted in Shirley (ch. 10) and Villette (ch. 13), where it is rendered as “unhasting yet unresting.” ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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