Theatre’s impact on Wilhelm Meister
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2012
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Schewe, Manfred
Even, Susanne
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Department of German, University College Cork
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Now, this harmonious cultivation of my nature, which has been denied me by birth, is exactly what I most long for. Since leaving thee, I have gained much by voluntary practice: I have laid aside much of my wonted embarrassment, and can bear myself in very tolerable style. My speech and voice I have likewise been attending to; and I may say, without much vanity, that in society I do not cause displeasure. But I will not conceal from thee, that my inclination to become a public person, and to please and influence in a larger circle, is daily growing more insuperable. With this, there is combined my love for poetry and all that is related to it; and the necessity I feel to cultivate my mental faculties and tastes, that so, in this enjoyment henceforth indispensable, I may esteem as good the good alone, as beautiful the beautiful alone. Thou seest well, that for me all this is nowhere to be met with except upon the stage; that in this element alone can I effect and cultivate myself according to my wishes. On the boards a polished man appears in his splendor with personal accomplishments, just as he does ...
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Schewe, M. and Even, S. (2012) 'Theatre’s impact on Wilhelm Meister', Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, VI(2), pp. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.6.2.1