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Studies in Goethe's Lyric Cycles

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By Meredith Lee
1978
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
Series: UNC Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures
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The book presents a series of interpretive readings of the Römische Elegien, Sonette, Chinesisch-deutsche Jarhes- und Tageszeiten, several trilogies, and the shorter cycles of 1821, taking into account the variety of literary devices Goethe employs to link poems together into a cycle. The author examines Goethe's role in the history of the lyric cycle and, in stressing structural design, urges a reevaluation of the cycle's emergence as a standard poetic device.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Series Note

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv-vi

Table of Contents

pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp. ix-x

Abbreviations

pp. xi-xi

I. Introduction

pp. 1-5

II. The Römische Elegien

pp. 6-44

III. The Sonette

pp. 45-76

IV. The Trilogies

pp. 77-101

V. The Smaller Cycles of 1821

pp. 102-128

VI. The Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten

pp. 129-147

VII. Conclusion

pp. 148-152

Notes

pp. 153-153

Select Bibliography

pp. 171-182

Author-Title Index

pp. 183-185

Index of Titles of Goethe’s Works

pp. 187-189
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