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Start Over Collection William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : manuscripts, 1542-1967, bulk 1770-1900

Women as translators of Faust, n.d. Box 5, Folder 183

Typescript, 11 l. ; 28 cm.
The last 3 pages numbered 277-279,
apparently from another version of
this ms.
Used as basis for the chapter on Alice
Raphael's translation of Faust in
Frantz's "Half a hundred thralls to
Faust," published in 1949.
Enclosure: Replies to Mr. Adolf
Frantz's questionnaire
[autobiographical sketch by Alice
Raphael].

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : manuscripts, 1542-1967, bulk 1770-1900
  3. Box and Folder List, 1542-1967
  4. FRANTZ, ADOLF INGRAM

You are the merriest undone man in Europe, Weimar, 1814 Jan 3 Box 9, Folder 265

Autograph quotation, signed.
Clearly a leaf from an autograph
album, with gilt edge.
On January 7 of the same year, Goethe
applies the quotation to himself in a
letter to Von Trebra: "Ich habe keine
weitere Ambition, als dass man zu mir
sagen möge: You are ..."

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : manuscripts, 1542-1967, bulk 1770-1900
  3. Box and Folder List, 1542-1967
  4. GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON, 1749-1832
  5. Autograph Quotations