Henry Crabb Robinson in Germany

Download or read book Henry Crabb Robinson in Germany written by Eugene L. Stelzig and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book will be of interest to students of autobiography and life writing as well as specialists in Romantic literature and Anglo-German literary relations. The book includes sections on Robinson and nineteenth-century autobiography, on the different stages of Robinson's five years in Germany, including his initial stay in Frankfurt; his personal friendships and first meeting with literary lions; his days as a Jena student and aspiring "literator"; his contacts with Weimar; and his role as a philosophical informant for Mme de Stael on her visit there; his return to England and the failure of his hopes of achieving the professional literary career that he had dreamed about in Germany. --Book Jacket.