APRIL, 1770—AUGUST, 1771

SETTLEMENT IN STRASSBURG[75]
INFLUENCES OF STRASSBURG[75]
CHANGE IN HIS RELIGIOUS FEELINGS[76]
MANNER OF LIFE IN STRASSBURG[78]
FRIENDSHIP WITH DR. SALZMANN[79]
RELATIONS TO JUNG STILLING[83]
COMES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HERDER[84]
YOUNG'S CONJECTURES ON ORIGINAL COMPOSITION[90]
ITS INFLUENCE ON GOETHE'S GENIUS[93]
FRIEDERIKE BRION[95]
HIS RELATIONS TO HER[96]
PARTING FROM HER[101]
MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES[102]
SELF-DISCIPLINE[103]
POEMS ADDRESSED TO FRIEDERIKE[105]

[CHAPTER V]

FRANKFORT—GÖTZ VON BERLICHINGEN

AUGUST, 1771—DECEMBER, 1771

GOETHE'S RETURN TO FRANKFORT[108]
CREATIVE PRODUCTIVENESS OF THE PERIOD[108]
POET OR ARTIST?[111]
MENTAL CONFLICT[112]
EPOCHS IN HIS LAST FRANKFORT YEARS[113]
HIS SISTER CORNELIA[116]
GROWING DISTASTE FOR FRANKFORT[117]
DEPRESSION[119]
WORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE[120]
GÖTZ VON BERLICHINGEN[121]
ITS INFLUENCE ON EUROPEAN LITERATURE[131]

[CHAPTER VI]

INFLUENCE OF MERCK AND THE DARMSTADT CIRCLE

1772