Berlichingen

Gotz von Berlichingen, who should have an umlaut above his o, was a 16th century German knight and mercenary whose adventures were traced in an autobiography and a famous play by Goethe.

Neckar/January Walter Jon Williams 2007

Gotz von Berlichingen, who should have an umlaut above his o, was a 16th century German knight and mercenary whose adventures were traced in an autobiography and a famous play by Goethe.

Archive 2007-12-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007

It treats first of the poet's relation to natural science, art and society: next takes up the complaints of his antagonists; his poetic character; his youthful productions; his lyrics; Götz von Berlichingen; the Sorrows of Werter; the influence of Italy on his mature mind; Egmont; Iphigenia at Tauris; Tasso; the influence of the French Revolution; his relations with Schiller; his Ballads; Hermann and Dorothea; the Natural Daughter;

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

Berlichingen_ was the most important of these translations.

Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Margaret Ball

Berlichingen would burst the seams of a Paris kid-glove.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

The performances were chiefly of the stirring historical kind -- Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," Goethe's "Götz von Berlichingen,"

William of Germany Stanley Shaw

Second and third terms (conducted in German): Goethes Jugend: Gedichte bis 1775; die Leiden des jungen Werthers; Götz von Berlichingen; Dichtung und Wahrheit.

The University of Virginia Record 1919

In 1773 Goethe, who had for years been experimenting with poetry and the drama, published his first notable work, the historical play, “Götz von Berlichingen, ” which roused great patriotic enthusiasm, and launched the revolt against French classical influence known as the “Storm and Stress” movement.

Biographical Note 1917

But overlooking these spiritual genealogies, which bring little certainty and little profit, it may be sufficient to observe of “Berlichingen” and “Werther, ” that they stand prominent among the causes, or, at the very least, among the signals, of a great change in modern Literature.

Criticism and Interpretation. By Thomas Carlyle 1917

One of his earliest works was a translation of "Goetz von Berlichingen."

A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914