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Article: Italy in the German Literary Imagination. Goethe's 'Italian Journey' and its Reception by Eichendorff, Platen, and Heine.(Book Review)
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- Journal of European Studies
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- March 1, 2003
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By Gretchen L. Hachmeister. Rochester, N.Y.: Camden House, 2002. Pp. xiv + 217. 45.00 [pounds sterling].
According to Freud, much of the desire to travel is rooted in a lack of satisfaction with one's home-life. Even today, German tourists flock to Italy, at least in part because of its cultural heritage (it was in the 'Grand Tour' of the eighteenth century that Italy won its reputation as a destination for cultural tourism), but perhaps subconsciously also from a desire just to get away from Germany. An immense sense of dissatisfaction certainly lay behind the decision to travel of one of the first and most famous German vistors to Italy, Goethe--his journey, he ...