111
MENTAL CONFLICT 112
EPOCHS IN HIS LAST FRANKFORT YEARS 113
HIS SISTER CORNELIA 116
GROWING DISTASTE FOR FRANKFORT 117
DEPRESSION 119
WORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE 120
_GOeTZ VON BERLICHINGEN_ 121
ITS INFLUENCE ON EUROPEAN LITERATURE 131

CHAPTER VI

INFLUENCE OF MERCK AND THE DARMSTADT CIRCLE

1772

FRIENDSHIP WITH MERCK 133
CHARACTER OF MERCK 133
HIS INFLUENCE ON GOETHE 135
THE DARMSTADT CIRCLE 136
ITS INFLUENCE ON GOETHE 136
CAROLINE FLACHSLAND AND GOETHE 137
POEMS OF GOETHE INSPIRED BY THE
DARMSTADT CIRCLE 138
_WANDERERS STURMLIED_ 139
_DER WANDERER_ 141

CHAPTER VII

WETZLAR AND CHARLOTTE BUFF

MAY--SEPTEMBER, 1772

DEPARTURE FROM WETZLAR 143
WETZLAR AND ITS SOCIETY 144
LOTTE BUFF 147
GOETHE'S RELATIONS TO HER 147
KESTNER, LOTTE'S BETROTHED 148
GOETHE, KESTNER, AND LOTTE 149
DEPARTURE FROM WETZLAR 150
KESTNER'S CHARACTERISATION OF GOETHE 151

CHAPTER VIII

AFTER WETZLAR

1772--1773

SUICIDE OF JERUSALEM 154
GOETHE VISITS THE FAMILY VON LA ROCHE 155
FRAU VON LA ROCHE 155
MAXIMILIANE VON LA ROCHE 157
UNREST 158
LETTERS TO KESTNER 159
ESTRANGEMENT FROM HIS FATHER 161
SOLITUDE 162

CHAPTER IX

SATIRICAL DRAMAS AND FRAGMENTS

POET OR ARTIST? 163
LITERARY ACTIVITY 164
_FRANKFURTER GELEHRTEN ANZEIGEN_ 165
_LETTER OF THE PASTOR_ 166
_TWO BIBLICAL QUESTIONS_ 167
RECASTS _GOeTZ VON BERLICHINGEN_ 167
SATIRICAL PLAYS 169
_PROMETHEUS_ 175
_MAHOMET_ 181
_ADLER UND TAUBE_ 183