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Article: Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz: Von Sturm und Drang zur Moderne.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2003
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Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz: Vom Sturm und Drang zur Moderne. Ed. by ANDREAS MEIER. (Beihefte zum Euphorion, 41) Heidelberg: Winter. 2001. 145 pp. 21 [euro]. ISBN 3-8253-1238-0 (pbk).
Following his infamous 'Eseley' and just before his ensuing expulsion from Weimar, Lenz wrote to Herder at the end of November 1776 lamenting his sudden fall from grace: 'Freilich traurig genug, kaum gesehen und gesprochen, ausgestossen aus dem Himmel als ein Landlaufer, Rebell, Pasquillant [...] Hatt ich nut Goethens Winke eher verstanden. Sag ihm das.' The long shadow that then fell over Lenz and his subsequent reception was to a great extent one of Goethe's making. Meier's volume of ...