Between myth and reality : Goethe, Anna Amalia, Charlotte von Stein / by Dan Farrelly ; with a preface by Ilse Nagelschmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrelly, Daniel J., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, German--18th century--Biography.

Authors, German.

Authors, German--19th century--Biography.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Relations with women.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

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

Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1739-1807.

Anna Amalia.

Stein, Charlotte von, 1742-1827.

Stein, Charlotte von.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In 2004 Ettore Ghibellino published his provocative thesis that Goethe's beloved was not Charlotte von Stein but the Dowager Duchess, Anna Amalia. Ghibellino claimed that Charlotte, the former lady-in-waiting of Anna Amalia, acted as a 'straw woman' and that the many letters, and the love they expressed, were really meant for Anna Amalia herself. Dan Farrelly, who translated Ghibellino's book, has been preoccupied Other this thesis since 2005. Here he has undertaken a meticulous re-reading of...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONCLUSION; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-30891-6

1-4438-3392-4

9786613308917

OCLC:

821179563