| Evidence: | 'Came home and copied Goethe's discourse on Shakespeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the passage in which he says he cannot presume to say that he thoroughly understands Spinoza. After coffee read aloud G's M.S. of the Leipsic and beginning of the Strasburg Period. G. finished Lear - sublimely powerful!' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Dec 1854 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Berlin | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Eliot [pseud] |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 22 Nov 1819 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Germany |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Title: | [discourse on Shakespeare] |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7198 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Eliot [pseud] | |
| Editor: | Margaret Harris | |
| Title: | The Journals of George Eliot | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 40 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor Judith Johnston |
| Citation: | George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 40, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7198, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
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