Letter from Karl Ludwig von Knebel to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Ilmenau and dated 22 December 1802
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RA 4/522, ‘Knebel, Karl Ludwig von, 1802 Dezember 22, Ilmenau’
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Letter from Karl Ludwig von Knebel to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Ilmenau and dated 22 December 1802
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Letter from Karl Ludwig von Knebel to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Ilmenau and dated 22 December 1802.
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Von Knebel thanks Goethe for his gift and praises his writing, noting that in both Mahomet and Tancred, the poetic gait and expression if much stronger than in Voltaire’s originals. He then discusses their mutual friends before returning to Goethe’s literary works.
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22 December 1802
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