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in 1793 by Iffland, in 1803 by A. W. Schlegel, in 1819 by 
Bouterwek, and in 1827 by Koberstein. 
7. That hence the phrase must have been perfectly well 
known in the eighteenth century, but was not widely used. 
8. That it was not more widely used, perhaps, because 
other designations, such as “Genieperiode” and “Kraftgenies,” 
containing more of a satirical sting, were better suited to the 
prevailingly satirical attitude of the time toward the move- 
ment. 
9. That Goethe too was familiar with the term but per- 
haps had an aversion to it. 
10. That Klinger himself and others (to some extent even 
Lenz) soon turned away from the movement and ridiculed it, 
or at least took a detached view of it. 
11. That as a living force the movement hardly survived 
the year 1782. 
12. That the satirical connotation of “Genie, ” “Original/’ 
“Kraft,” etc., gained currency very rapidly in the seventies 
of the eighteenth century, and became a literary fashion, 
actually endangering the future existence of the words “Genie” 
and “Original” in the German language. Thus these words 
crowded out the other familiar term, “Sturm und Drang.” 
This too may help explain the fact that “Sturm und Drang” 
occurs so rarely in literature before 1827. After this, when 
the satirical attitude toward the movement gradually died 
out, “Sturm und Drang” as a designation finally began to come 
into its own. 
Many passages are quoted from numerous authors to sup- 
port these points and to throw light upon the attitude of the 
time. Other miscellaneous references in the literature of the 
period, finally, are added. 
