Der Briefwechsel zwischen Goethe und Zelter : Lebenskunst und literarisches Projekt

Description

This study interprets the correspondence between Goethe and Zelter in the period 1799 to 1832 as an autobiographical and anthropological text. From the first letters exchanged to the final years in which posthumous publication of the correspondence is envisaged, the two highly dissimilar partners in this dialogue handle the exchange of letters as a form of its own right. In the author's resistance to the experience of old age and death, the art of living and the art of writing become identical. The question of the extent to which it is possible to transform biology into biography forms the culmination of this correspondence, which from the outset was its own favoured subject. Frontmatter Pages I-VIII Einleitung Pages 1-6 Probleme der Editions- und Rezeptionsgeschichte Pages 7-24 Die Symbolik eines Goethe-Briefes im Kontext Pages 25-44 Zelters Humor als Pendant zu Goethes Symbolik Pages 45-62 Altersfreundschaft, Altersbriefwechsel Pages 63-86 Ein autobiographischer Dialog Pages 87-110 Der Briefwechsel – ein Projekt Pages 111-134 Die Sprache der Natur und der Kunst. Zur Anthropologie des Briefwechsels Pages 135-160 Siglen Pages 161-162 Literatur Pages 163-168