Dichterikone. GOETHE sammeln, erforschen, verehren, vermitteln
In the organizer's words:
Collecting objects relating to the life and work of a writer, especially autographs and valuable prints, developed into a practice of bourgeois culture in the 19th century. Goethe occupied a special position in this regard, becoming the national poet of the Germans after the foundation of the German Empire in 1871.
The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Leipzig Goethe Society offers an opportunity to trace the connections between the valuable Goetheana holdings in the Leipzig University Library and the research, editing and collecting practices in their respective contexts. It is largely unknown that Leipzig became a center of the autograph trade, which professionalized as a branch of the antiquarian book trade. Questions can also be asked about current forms of dealing with the works and estates of writers. What do they mean to their collectors, what does collecting say about the status of literature? Why and when are certain authors collected - regionally, nationally, transnationally? And what do literary societies do?
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