Michael Gorra, “The Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany” (Princeton UP, 2006)
Apr 24, 2015
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Despite being Germany’s most famous literary lion, in 1786 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had to jump on a mail coach incognito to begin his travels to Italy (of course, he asked permission first from his patron the duke Karl August). InThe Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany (Princeton University...