Publisher's Synopsis
This volume presents papers given at the symposium organised by the English Goethe Society to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was held at the Institute of Germanic Studies in London from 21 to 23 April 1999. The speakers and variety of topics treated show the range and vitality, though not necessarily the limits of present British interest in Goethe. With twenty-eight contributors and some hundred people attending over the three days, this was perhaps the most sustained Goethe occasion yet held in these islands.
