Beiträge zur Poesie mit besonderer Hinweisung auf Goethe

…attention by sending him his Beiträge zur Poesie mit besonderer Hinweisung auf Goethe (“Helps Toward Understanding Poetry with Special Instructions on Goethe”), which contained sensitive appreciations of Goethe’s work. Goethe invited Eckermann to Weimar, where he became Goethe’s unpaid literary assistant. Eckermann also acted as tutor to the son of…