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... drama , " The Accomplices " ( " Die Mitschuldigen " ) , is in this strain , and is radically alien to German moral- ity . In April , 1770 , Goethe was sufficiently restored to health to resume his studies . He did not , however , return ...
... drama , " The Accomplices " ( " Die Mitschuldigen " ) , is in this strain , and is radically alien to German moral- ity . In April , 1770 , Goethe was sufficiently restored to health to resume his studies . He did not , however , return ...
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... drama , " Götz von Berlichingen , " which at one stroke established his position as the foremost among German poets ... dramas which , in point of theatrical effec- tiveness and brilliancy , were superior to " Götz . " But Lessing ...
... drama , " Götz von Berlichingen , " which at one stroke established his position as the foremost among German poets ... dramas which , in point of theatrical effec- tiveness and brilliancy , were superior to " Götz . " But Lessing ...
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... dramatic criticism . " Götz " is a somewhat chaotic performance , ob- viously written in imitation of Shakespeare . It violates , whether purposely or not , every law of dramatic construction . It is a touching and poeti- cal story ...
... dramatic criticism . " Götz " is a somewhat chaotic performance , ob- viously written in imitation of Shakespeare . It violates , whether purposely or not , every law of dramatic construction . It is a touching and poeti- cal story ...
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... drama to be found in all Goethe's writings ; and she is , curiously enough , the only one of his female characters ... dramatic action is concentrated and much improved . After having practised law in a leisurely fashion in Frankfort ...
... drama to be found in all Goethe's writings ; and she is , curiously enough , the only one of his female characters ... dramatic action is concentrated and much improved . After having practised law in a leisurely fashion in Frankfort ...
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... dramatic construction , it marks an advance . It is his own faithlessness to Fred- erika which Goethe obviously has in mind and which he is endeavoring psychologically to account for . But even THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOETHE 21.
... dramatic construction , it marks an advance . It is his own faithlessness to Fred- erika which Goethe obviously has in mind and which he is endeavoring psychologically to account for . But even THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GOETHE 21.
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Page 118 - PEACE breathes along the shade Of every hill, The tree-tops of the glade Are hushed and still ; All woodland murmurs cease, The birds to rest within the brake are gone.