This essay considers rumor and gossip in the making of Weimar Classicism (1786-1805). By linking rumor and gossip to Weimar's built environment around 1800, I demonstrate how the ideal of cultural ...

In recent years, Weimar Classicism has again become the centerpiece of the canon in Germany. Its singularity, normativity, and timelessness are stressed, and classical Weimar seems to be used once ...

After Germany was unified, we got Sturm, Drang, Weimar Classicism and Goethe. Theater had a slow start in Germany, mainly because Germany wasn't a thing until *relatively* recent times. After Germany ...