Eternity Enshrined in Black and White
“Letters are just thinner books,” Jean Paul once said, and that certainly holds true in his case. His love letters – to Charlotte von Kalb, Emilie von Berlepsch, Caroline von Feuchtersleben ...
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Norbert Miller, born in 1937, is Professor Emeritus of comparative literature at Berlin's Technical University. He has edited and published anthologies of the works of Jean Paul, Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding amongst others, and is co-editor of the Munich edition of the complete works of Goethe. His most recent publication is Der Wanderer (Goethe in Italien, 2002).
The colossal power of music
Mozart revealed his secrets to him late in life; Beethoven remained a closed mystery to him; and Schubert went unnoticed – but nevertheless, for Goethe, music remained a lifedetermining force ...
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For cultured people in the 18th century, a journey to Italy represented both the completion of their education and a ritual of initiation. Goethe was 37 years old when he was able to fulfil that ...
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