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Goethe
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Every scholar has his own Dante, his own Shakspere, his own Goethe. This book presents my Goethe as I see him after nearly forty years of university teaching dur ing which he has never been long out of my thoughts. I came to him as an undergraduate by _way of Carlyle, and it was largely the spell of Goethe's great name that made me, in the fulness of time, a professional student of German literature. I am conscious of owing more to him than to any other writer of books. True, the halo that he used to wear in my mind's eye has grown a little dimmer in the lapse of years, but his human features have come out the more clearly. I like him the better for that.
Every scholar has his own Dante, his own Shakspere, his own Goethe. This book presents my Goethe as I see him after nearly forty years of university teaching dur ing which he has never been long out of my thoughts. I came to him as an undergraduate by _way of Carlyle, and it was largely the spell of Goethe's great name that made me, in the fulness of time, a professional student of German literature. I am conscious of owing more to him than to any other writer of books. True, the halo that he used to wear in my mind's eye has grown a little dimmer in the lapse of years, but his human features have come out the more clearly. I like him the better for that.
383 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
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Calvin Thomas
133 books2 followersCalvin Thomas (1854-1919) was an American scholar and professor. [Calvin^Thomas]
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Librarian note: There are more authors in this database with this name. For the critical theorist, go to Calvin Thomas.
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