Goethe in Böhmen, Goethe in Deutschböhmen: Zur Appropriation des Klassischen um 1900.

The authority of Goethe as a German national poet and classic was perceived by German and Czech writing intellectuals in Bohemia in a variety of ways. This article focuses on selected examples of the perception of the role of Goethe as a classic in Bohemia in late 19^th and early 20^th century – e.g. Gustav Karl Laube, Alfred Klaar, August Sauer, Karel Adámek, Arnošt V. Kraus. or F. X. Šalda – and shows partially surprisingly similar motivations for very different assessments of Goethe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]