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The Goethe Yearbook, first published in 1982, is the flagship publication of the Goethe Society and is dedicated to North American Goethe scholarship. To view the contents of past volumes select from the pull-down menu to the left (or click here).

To view selected books of interest by Canadian and US members of the Society 1970-2005 (itself a work in progress), click here.

The Yearbook aims above all to encourage and publish original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the Goethezeit, while also welcoming contributions from scholars around the world. The book review section seeks likewise to evaluate a wide selection of recent publications on the period, and should be of interest to all scholars of 18th-century literature.

Originally conceived as a vehicle for Goethe criticism in English during the Cold War political tensions, when the most prestigious Goethe publication, the Goethe Jahrbuch, was not available to most Western scholars, the Yearbook subsequently gained the respect of the international community under the editorship of Thomas P. Saine. Under his successor, Simon Richter, the Yearbook went to an annual publication schedule. Since 2007, it has been edited by Daniel Purdy. Catriona MacLeod is serving as the book review editor. See current members of the Editorial Advisory Board.
  

The Yearbook invites submissions in English or German on Goethe, his works, his contemporaries, or the period 1770-1832 in general. All manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Yearbook's style sheet. Manuscript submissions should be no longer than thirty pages. Inquiries or manuscripts should be directed to Daniel Purdy at the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, 311 Burrowes Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. Books for review should be sent to the Book Review Editor, Catriona MacLeod at the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 745 Williams Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305.

February 3, 2010

Volume 17 of the Goethe Yearbook will be mailed in the first two weeks of February. We welcome articles on topics broadly understood within the Goethezeit, written according to any number of divergent methodologies. Please send manuscripts to Daniel Purdy, by May 30. Submissions should follow the Chicago Manual of Style and confine themselves to less than 35 pages. For specific questions about scholarly citations, please refer to the style sheet.

The Special Section edited by Clark Muenzer and Karin Schutjer includes essays that were presented at the Society’s conference on Goethe and the Postclassical, followed by a number of essays ranging from the early Enlightenment to the history of science. Catriona MacLeod edited a rich collection of reviews which this year include new media on Goethe.

Daniel Purdy
Pennsylvania State University