Wordsworth Translated : A Case Study in the Reception of British Romantic Poetry in Germany 1804–1914

Abstract

1. The Eighteenth Century Context 2. Revolution and War: Germany, the 'New English Poetry', and Wordsworth's Arrival on the Printed Page 3. Letters to a German Noblewoman on the New English Poetry: Friederich Jacobsen and William Wordsworth 4. The Making of a German Wordsworth 5. Translation in Theory and Practice: Friedrich Jacobsen, Ferdinand Freiligrath and Marie Gothein 6. Wordsworth among the Romantic Poets in mid Nineteenth Century Germany 7. Cultural and Political Disruption: Wordsworth's Voice in Late Nineteenth Century Germany 8. War Clouds: Wordsworth in Germany 1906-1914 Bibliography Index.