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Goethe As A Catalyst For Germanistik At Harvard, 1825-1945, Michael P. Olson Jan 2003

Goethe As A Catalyst For Germanistik At Harvard, 1825-1945, Michael P. Olson

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Goethe's interest in Harvard launched the discipline of Germanistik in North America. Conditions 200 years ago were right for the transfer of German models and influences to American education.