Zeit/Schrift 1813–1815 oder: Chronopoetik des "Unregelmäßigen." by David Brehm et al. (review)

Abstract

suggests a framework for understanding Goethe that is vigorously interdisciplinary and international. i conclude by noting that the book is richly illustrated, that it carries its wealth of learning gracefully, and that it is free of professional cant. Graduate students encountering Goethe for the first time (a situation typical of our current academic malaise) should be required to read the book before the start of the seminar, whatever the special topic of that seminar might be. But, as i indicated at the outset, this is also a book from which both specialists and generalists— interested readers all—will draw deep intellectual satisfaction.