Eckerman, JP - Eckerman

… The human and spiritual development of the poet Goethe can be divided into four periods. The first period was from his birth to his study in Leipzig (1765-68) and Strasbourg (now Strasbourg) in 1770, during which he met Herder, and then moved to Weimar in the autumn of 1775. The second period was during his busy ten years under Duke Karl August of Weimar, during which he was involved in political affairs and his love affair with Frau Stein. The third period was during his trip to Italy (1786-88), and continued until his return to Germany and the death of his friend Schiller (1805). The fourth period was during his later years, including his time as secretary to Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854). In the history of German literature, the period when Goethe began his literary career is called Sturm und Drang (Storm and Fury), and while Herder, who praised Ossian and Shakespeare, was its theoretical leader, Goethe truly opened up a new literary revolution with his lyric poems, including May Song (1770-71), his dramas, including Götz von Berlichingen (1773), and his novels, including The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).

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…　詩人ゲーテの人間的および精神的発展は4期に大別することができる。第1期は出生からライプチヒ遊学(1765‐68)と1770年のシュトラスブルク(現，ストラスブール)遊学中におけるヘルダーとの出会いをへて75年秋のワイマール移住まで，第2期はワイマール公国のカール･アウグスト公のもとにおける多忙な政務およびシュタイン夫人との恋愛の10年間，第3期はイタリア旅行(1786‐88)を過渡期として帰国から盟友シラーの死(1805)まで，第4期はそれ以後のエッカーマンJohann Peter Eckermann(1792‐1854)の秘書時代を含む晩年である。ドイツ文学史上，ゲーテが文学活動を開始した時期はシュトゥルム･ウント･ドラング(疾風怒濤（しつぷうどとう）)と呼ばれるが，《オシアン》やシェークスピアを称揚したヘルダーがその理論的指導者であったのに対し，ゲーテは抒情詩の面で〈5月の歌〉をはじめとする《ゼーゼンハイム小曲》(1770‐71)，戯曲の面で《ゲッツ･フォン･ベルリヒンゲン》(1773)，小説の面で《若きウェルターの悩み》(1774)によって真に文学革命的な新生面を開いた。…

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