_KUeNSTLERS ERDEWALLEN_ 184

CHAPTER X

_WERTHER_--_CLAVIGO_

1774

GOETHE'S NEED OF EXTERNAL STIMULUS 185
GOETHE AND THE BRENTANOS 186
ORIGIN OF _WERTHER_ 187
ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON _WERTHER_ 188
PUBLICATION OF _WERTHER_ 189
GOETHE AND WERTHER 190
SECOND PART OF _WERTHER_ 191
WERTHER AND GOETHE 193
INFLUENCE OF _WERTHER_ 196
THE KESTNERS AND _WERTHER_ 198
WERTHERISM 199
_CLAVIGO_ 200
DRAMATISED FROM BEAUMARCHAIS 200
ORIGIN OF _CLAVIGO_ 202
ITS PLOT 202
CONSTRUCTED ON CLASSICAL MODELS 205
_CLAVIGO_ AND GOETHE 206

CHAPTER XI

GOETHE AND SPINOZA--_DER EWIGE JUDE_

1773--1774

GOETHE'S DEBT TO SPINOZA 209
MISDATES SPINOZA'S INFLUENCE 210
_DER EWIGE JUDE_ 212
ORIGINAL PLAN OF IT 213
AS IT WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN 216
ITS DIVISIONS 216
ITS CHARACTERISTICS 216
UNPUBLISHED TILL AFTER GOETHE'S DEATH 218

CHAPTER XII

GOETHE IN SOCIETY

1774

JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER 220
HIS CHARACTER 220
HIS INTEREST IN GOETHE 222
VISITS FRANKFORT 224
HIS INTERCOURSE WITH GOETHE 225
JOHANN BERNHARD BASEDOW 227
HIS CHARACTER AND CAREER 227
HIS VISIT TO FRANKFORT 228
GOETHE, LAVATER, AND BASEDOW AT EMS 228
THEIR VOYAGE DOWN THE RHINE 230
JUNG STILLING 231
SCENE AT ELBERFELDT 232
FRITZ JACOBI 233
GOETHE MAKES HIS ACQUAINTANCE 233
THEIR INTERCOURSE 234
JACOBI'S ESTIMATE OF GOETHE 237
KLOPSTOCK 238
GOETHE'S ADMIRATION OF HIM 238
THEIR MEETING IN FRANKFORT 239
_AN SCHWAGER KRONOS_