Journal article
Illustrations for the Divan in Editions of Goethe's Works during his Lifetime
Publications of the English Goethe Society, Vol.89(2-3), pp.137-156
09/01/2020
DOI: 10.1080/09593683.2020.1829156
Abstract
Illustrations accompanied the Divan from the first publication of poems in the Taschenbuch für Damen auf das Jahr 1817 and the frontispiece with writing in Arabic, arabesque ornamentation, and framing of the title page in the 1819 complete first edition. My article investigates the reception of Goethe's Divan by contemporary artists who provided frontispieces, Titelkupfer, or vignettes for editions of Goethe's works in the last decade of his life (Ramberg, Eichholzer, and Schnorr von Carolsfeld). It appears that the publishing market was not ready for a wider adaptation of a new West-East combination of traditions suggested by Goethe; the editions were illustrated in the established figurative style, including some clichéd orientalism.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Illustrations for the Divan in Editions of Goethe's Works during his Lifetime
- Creators
- Waltraud Maierhofer - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Publications of the English Goethe Society, Vol.89(2-3), pp.137-156
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/09593683.2020.1829156
- ISSN
- 0959-3683
- eISSN
- 1749-6284
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; German; Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984397915102771
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