Una mostra primerenca de la influència de Goethe sobre Maragall: la sèrie Claror [An early example of Goethe’s influence on Maragall: the poems in the series Claror]

Some of the early goethian influences on the original poetry by Maragall can be found in the poems from his series Claror. They are only preceded by a few translations of the poet from Weimar. Maragall, who for biographical reasons finds himself in the same situation as Goethe when he wrote Roman Elegies, imitates the German author in many topics. On the one hand, Maragall does not understand the crucial point in Roman Elegies, on the other hand, neither does his limited classic culture allow him to stage his love to Clara Noble in the ancient Rome. On the formal level Maragall also only uses very few of the resources that Goethe offered him.