Culture and Society in Classical Weimar 1775–1806

The book describes Goethe's Weimar from documents and research and interprets the connections between German culture and German society both in the age of Goethe and later.

W. H. Bruford (Author)

9780521099103, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 1975

496 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

A paperback of the hardcover edition, first published in 1962. The book describes Goethe's Weimar from documents and research and interprets the connections between German culture and German society both in the age of Goethe and later. To this book Professor Bruford has written a sequel, The German Tradition of Self-Cultivation, and the two books together offer an introduction to the whole evolution of the German intellectual tradition.

1. Duchess Anna Amalia and Weiland, 1756–1775
2. Socila Conditions in Weimar and Gothe's Reactions
3. Goethe's Cultural Leadership and Personal Life, 1775–86
4. Weimar Theories of Culture
5. Weimar's Cultural Institutions and their Creators
6. The Later History of the Weimar Ideals.

Subject Areas: History [HB]