One must also think of figures like Karl in the Unterhaltungen or the titular figure in Reinecke Fuchs.
35 Fortmann “Miniaturizing Revolution” picks up on this issue, though he limits it to the question of imagination. However, a broader problem in Goethe’s poetics is at issue. One must also think of figures like Karl in the Unterhaltungen or the titular figure in Reinecke Fuchs.