Goethe's ‘Wilhelm Meister’ and Spinoza
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11936969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans-Jurgen Schings (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 118-121 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/isr.1986.11.2.118 |
| OpenAlex | W1999266300 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
A strong case is made in this review that Spinoza greatly influenced Goethe in his much-studied Wilhelm Meister novels, a fact not hitherto recognized, although Goethe himself acknowledged the inspiration he derived from Spinoza's work. Goethe's Werther, and his Faust, are the mythical figures of modern times with the two Wilhelm Meister novels the critical countertheme in which the voice of Spinoza is here considered the cantus firmus of outstanding significance
Art · Art history · FAUST · Literature · German Literature and Culture Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy and Historical Thought · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Highly cited | No |
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