In contrast , the interest in Lux declined in later periods .
According to the American Germanist Thomas Saine , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe even based the first husband of Dorothea in his epic Hermann and Dorothea ( 1798 ) on Lux .
The interest in Lux declined in later periods .
According to the American Germanist Thomas Saine , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe even based the first husband of Dorothea in his epic Hermann and Dorothea ( 1798 ) on Lux .