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Eighteenth-century man leans toward an aristocratic woman, watched by her maid.

The Arts

September 18, 2018 | 10:06 am

‘Goethe was really an outlier in stressing that love was more important’

The first complete English translation of Goethe’s original 1776 text of “Stella: A Play for Lovers” reveals greater differences in gender relations.

topics: book authors, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, featured-post-side, Kristina Becker Malett, literary translation, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan Gustafson,

painting of a family in the mid-19th century around a dinner table

The Arts

July 22, 2016 | 10:23 am

In Goethe’s novel families, love is all that matters

Susan Gustafson’s recently published book examines Johann Goethe’s depiction of family in his literary works, which were cutting-edge compared to the actual state of marriage and family in early 19th-century Germany.

topics: book authors, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, humanities, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan Gustafson,

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‘Goethe was really an outlier in stressing that love was more important’

In Goethe’s novel families, love is all that matters