F LEIPZIG 31
HIS IRREGULAR STUDIES 33
ADOPTS LEIPZIG FASHIONS 35
FEMININE INFLUENCES 36
DANDYISM 37
FALLS IN LOVE WITH KAeTHCHEN SCHOeNKOPF 38
FRIENDSHIP WITH BEHRISCH 39
HIS RELATIONS TO KAeTHCHEN 40
MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTS 44
FRIENDSHIP WITH OESER 46
STATE OF GERMAN LITERATURE 48
POEMS OF THE PERIOD 49
_DIE LAUNE DES VERLIEBTEN_ 51
_DIE MITSCHULDIGEN_ 52
INSPIRATION 54

CHAPTER III

AT HOME IN FRANKFORT

SEPTEMBER, 1768--APRIL, 1770

RETURNS TO FRANKFORT 57
HIS BROKEN HEALTH 58
RELATIONS TO HIS FATHER 58
HIS SISTER 60
INTEREST IN RELIGION 61
FRIENDSHIP WITH FRAeULEIN VON KLETTENBERG 62
A MYSTERIOUS MEDICINE 63
EVOLVES A RELIGIOUS CREED 65
INFLUENCE OF FRAeULEIN VON KLETTENBERG 66
INTEREST IN LITERATURE AND ART 67
LESSING AND WIELAND 70
RIPENING POWERS 71

CHAPTER IV

GOETHE IN STRASSBURG

APRIL, 1770--AUGUST, 1771

SETTLEMENT IN STRASSBURG 75
INFLUENCES OF STRASSBURG 75
CHANGE IN HIS RELIGIOUS FEELINGS 76
MANNER OF LIFE IN STRASSBURG 78
FRIENDSHIP WITH DR. SALZMANN 79
RELATIONS TO JUNG STILLING 83
COMES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HERDER 84
YOUNG'S _CONJECTURES ON ORIGINAL COMPOSITION_ 90
ITS INFLUENCE ON GOETHE'S GENIUS 93
FRIEDERIKE BRION 95
HIS RELATIONS TO HER 96
PARTING FROM HER 101
MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES 102
SELF-DISCIPLINE 103
POEMS ADDRESSED TO FRIEDERIKE 105

CHAPTER V

FRANKFORT--_GOeTZ VON BERLICHINGEN_

AUGUST, 1771--DECEMBER, 1771

GOETHE'S RETURN TO FRANKFORT 108
CREATIVE PRODUCTIVENESS OF THE PERIOD 108
POET OR ARTIST?