Chapter X
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CHAPTER X
WERTHER—CLAVIGO
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GOETHE'S NEED OF EXTERNAL STIMULUS185
GOETHE AND THE BRENTANOS186
ORIGIN OF WERTHER187
ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON WERTHER188
PUBLICATION OF WERTHER189
GOETHE AND WERTHER190
SECOND PART OF WERTHER191
WERTHER AND GOETHE193
INFLUENCE OF WERTHER196
THE KESTNERS AND WERTHER198
WERTHERISM199
CLAVIGO200
DRAMATISED FROM BEAUMARCHAIS200
ORIGIN OF CLAVIGO202
ITS PLOT202
CONSTRUCTED ON CLASSICAL MODELS205
CLAVIGO AND GOETHE206