Excerpt from Goethes Götz Von Berlichingen Mit Der Eisernen Hand: Ein Schauspiel, Together With Goethe's Zu Shakespeares Namenstag An adequate introduction describes Goethe's work upon the drama and his preparation for the writing of it; the part Herder played in the development of the ideals of the young Goethe; the relation of the principal source, the Lebensbeschreibung, to the play; the influence of Shakespeare, Ossian, and others upon the content and form of the play; the controlling ideas and aims of the drama; and its effect upon German, French, and English literatures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.