The spell of Italy : vacation, magic, and the attraction of Goethe / Richard Block.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Block, Richard A.

Series:

Kritik (Detroit, Mich.)

Kritik, German literary theory and cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Influence.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

German literature--Italian influences.

German literature.

Italy--In literature.

Italy.

Germany--Civilization--Italian influences.

Germany.

Civilization.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. ItNoncitizensche Reise.

Physical Description:

xi, 310 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Wearied by his life as an administrator at the Duke's court in Weimar, in 1786 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe departed unannounced in the middle of the night for what had been the destination of his imagination since childhood: Italy. His extended stay there dramatically affected his views of art, architecture, prose, poetry, and science. When he returned to Germany and Weimar, Goethe's experiences translated into his life and work in ways that influenced countless others as they developed Germany's own brand of high culture.

Contents:

Opened wounds: Winckelmann and the discovery of the art of the ancients

Fathers and sons in Italy: the ghosts of Goethe's past

Taking the words out of the father's mouth: Goethe's authorial triumph

On Goethe's other trail: Heinrich Heine's grand de-tour

The return of the repressed: Nietzsche and Freud

Goethe's other Italy: the devil's playground

Birthing Italy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.

ISBN:

0814332692

OCLC:

61309356

Publisher Number:

9780814332696