Word: dichtung
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...Even so, such tags provide interesting material for a study of the times." The tutor idly leafed a copy of "Dichtung und Wahreit" which belonged to the bedraggled sycophant. "Just as these strange inscriptions will interest the historians of two thousand years from now. From this flyleaf they will reconstruct a picture of Professor "Waltz," smoking an unusual under-slung pipe and wearing a hat as he lectures on the Sesenheim idyll. And perhaps correctly they will surmise that the student was bored and undutiful, since he filled the cover with diagrams of football plays...
German 20d. Friedrich Nietzsche und die deutsche Dichtung. Professor von der Leyen. To be given Tuesday, 3 to 5 o'clock. (XVII, XVIII...
Assistant Professor H. C. G. von Jagemann has recently edited a volume of selections from Goethe's "Dichtung und Wahrheit." It is published by Henry Holt...
About one sixth of Goethe's works are autobiographical. Of these Professor Ripley devoted his attention to "Dichtung und Wahrheit" and "Italienische Reise." In writing the former Goethe's immediate object was to furnish to his readers a key so aid their apprehension and appreciation of the works he had already published. In this work, three volumes of which appeared in 1811, 1812 and 1813 respectively, Goethe gives a story of his early life. Many contemporary portraits also are included, among which that of Goethe's father, is especially valuable. "Truth and Fiction" is a very misleading translation...
...Italian Journey" was prepared after the first three volumes of "Dichtung und Wahrheit" had appeared. It is an easy running narrative, composed of journals and letters to various people. The work appeared in two volumes, the original manuscripts from which Goethe made up the first volume have just been published, and it is seen that he cut out the personal elements in preparing the work for the public. Goethe made a rare use of his eyes in travelling-not that he saw everything, but it is wonderful what an amount he did see. It is interesting, too, to note...