Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Keywords
Germanistik
Abstract
Goethe's interest in Harvard launched the discipline of Germanistik in North America. Conditions 200 years ago were right for the transfer of German models and influences to American education.
Publication Title
New German Review
Volume
19
Issue
The Intersection of Politics and German Literature, 1750-2000: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Emeritus Ehrhard Bahr
First Page
66
Last Page
89
Required Publisher's Statement
New German Review is published by the University of California Los Angeles
https://archive.org/stream/newgermanreview19univ#page/66/mode/2up
Recommended Citation
Olson, Michael P., "Goethe as a Catalyst for Germanistik at Harvard, 1825-1945" (2003). Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications. 35.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/library_facpubs/35
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Education, Higher--United States--German influences
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Harvard University--History; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Geographic Coverage
United States
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Comments
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