Suleika

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Suleika is a central poetic figure in Goethe’s "West–östlicher Divan," inspired by the persona of Marianne von Willemer and emblematic of the collection’s East–West lyrical dialogue on love and spirituality.

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Suleika canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary character
lyrical figure
poetic persona
appearsIn Buch Suleika NERFINISHED
West–östlicher Divan NERFINISHED
associatedWith East–West dialogue
Hatem NERFINISHED
Persian poetic tradition (as literary model)
Sufism (literary reception) NERFINISHED
love
spirituality
contributedBy Marianne von Willemer (authorship of some Suleika poems) NERFINISHED
createdBy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED
culturalContext German engagement with Persian and Islamic poetry
firstPublication 1819
gender female
hasCounterpart Hatem (Goethe’s self-figure) NERFINISHED
hasTheme dialogue between cultures
separation and reunion
transcendent love
yearning
influenced later German Orientalist literature
reception of Goethe in the Islamic world
inspiredBy Marianne von Willemer NERFINISHED
interpretedAs idealized beloved
mask for Marianne von Willemer
mediator between poet and the Orient
languageOfWork German
literaryForm lyric poetry
literaryMovement World literature (Weltliteratur) discourse
literaryPeriod Romanticism NERFINISHED
medium poetry
modeledOn Marianne von Willemer’s voice
nameOrigin variant of the name Zuleika/Zuleikha
partOf German literature
Goethe’s late lyrical work NERFINISHED
relatedTo Zuleikha tradition in Islamic and Persian literature (by name and motif)
roleInWork beloved
central poetic figure
lyrical voice of love
partner of Hatem
symbolizes erotic love
female lyrical subjectivity
mystical longing
spiritual love
union of East and West
workContext Goethe’s interest in Hafis
Goethe’s project of East–West poetic synthesis

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