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Further reading
*Bell Matthew. 1994. ''Goethe's Naturalistic Anthropology : Man and Other Plants.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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Scott & Goethe: Romantiscism and Classicism'', in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), ''
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Von Gronicka, André. 1968. ''The Russian Image of Goethe. Volume 1 Goethe in Russian Literature of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century.'' Philadelphia Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press.
*Von Gronicka, Andrè. 1985 ''The Russian Image of Goethe. Volume 2 Goethe in Russian Literature of the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century.'' Philadelphia Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press.
*Hatfield Henry Caraway. 1963. ''Goethe: A Critical Introduction.'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
*Jane K. n.d. ''Goethe's Allegories of Identity.'' Philadelphia Pa: University of Pennsylvania Press.
*Maertz Gregory. 2017. ''Literature and the Cult of Personality: Essays on Goethe and His Influence.'' New York, NY:Columbia University Press.
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*Robertson, Ritchie. 2016. ''Goethe : A Very Short Introduction.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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*Viëtor Karl and Bayard Quincy Morgan. 1950. ''Goethe the Thinker.'' Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press.
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