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Book SynopsisEssays on the Wilhelm Meister novels, Faust, Goethe's early plays, Schiller's Räuber and on Goethe's thought in relation to current debates on cosmopolitanism and postcoloniality. The Goethe Yearbook, first published in 1982, is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America and is dedicated to North American Goethe Scholarship. It aims above all to encourage and publish original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the Goethezeit, while also welcoming contributions from scholars around the world. This year's volume features a cluster of exceptional essays thatshed new light on Goethe's Wilhelm Meister novels and Faust, as well as fascinating articles on the early play Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilen and the poem "Ilmenau," Schiller's Die Räuber, and anessay that places Goethe's thought in relation to current debates about cosmopolitanism and postcoloniality. Engaging reviews of recent publications in Goethe studies round out the volume. Contributors include Eric Denton, Matt Erlin, Jaimey Fisher, Ingrid Rieger, Rainer Kawa, David Barry, Stephanie Dawson, and John Pizer. Simon J. Richter is Professor of German at the University of Pennsylvania. Book review editor Martha B. Helfer is Professor of German at Rutgers University.
Trade ReviewThis is a gratifyingly varied. collection which will be of interest to Goethe scholars prepared to look carefully for their reward. It includes a substantial book review section.. * BRITISH JOURNAL FOR 18TH CENTURY STUDIES *
Table of ContentsPresidential Address (December, 2004) Schiller vs. Goethe: Revisiting the Conflicting Reception Vectors of Heinrich Heine, Ludwig Börne, and Wolfgang MenzelLudwig Börne, and Wolfgang Menzel - Jeffery L. Sammons Goethe's Mixed Media: The Entertainers in Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern - Dr. Eric Hadley Denton Goethe's "Ilmenau" and the Origins of the Aesthetic State - Matt Erlin Familial Politics and Political Families: Consent, Critique, and the Fraternal Social Contract in Schiller's Die RäuberDie Räuber - Jaimey Fisher Paintings in Goethe's Wilhelm Meister Novels: The Dynamics of Erecting and "Eroding" the Paternal Law - Ingrid Broszeit-Rieger "Waldplatz," "Wahlplatz": Miszelle zur Golgotha-Konnotaion einer Episode in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre - Rainer Kawa Shocks from a Sicilian Underworld: Gangi, "Gänge," and a New Source for the "Mütter" in Goethe's Faust - David Barry "Feuer brennen blau": Rethinking the Rainbow in Goethe's Faust - Stephanie Dawson Cosmopolitanism and Weltliteratur - John Pizer "Von jedem öffentlichen Wirken in Deutschland ausgeschloßen": Ein Brief Ottilie von Goethes and Sarah Austin (4. Aug. 1840) - Waltraud Maierhofer
