  Jacobi’s earliest publications, some done in collaboration with his brother Georg, were of a purely literary nature. And Jacobi continued to publish the occasional piece in this vein also later, when engrossed in philosophical debate. His reputation as a literary figure is mostly based, however, on his two novels, Edward Allwill’s Collection of Letters, and Woldemar. Both productions underwent a long process of development, and were published in different forms at different times (David, 1913; Jacobi, 1957).