SOURCE: “Organic Structure in Goethe's Novelle,” in The German Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 4, November, 1980, pp. 418-31.
In the following essay, Wells compares the literary structure of Goethe's Novelle to the metamorphosis of seed to flowering plant, which he argues Goethe intended to show “the necessary harmony and compatibility of natural law and poetic structure.”
This is a free excerpt of 55 words. There are 6,889 words (approx.
23 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Novelle: Critical Essay by Larry D. Wells Access Pass.
