Word: goetheã
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...aren’t truly at one with themselves, / who in construing themselves betray the ‘I’ they could/should have been,” Williams implies that his own “I” is, like Goethe??s, not entirely trustworthy. However, although he casts doubt on the reliability of this subjective “I,” it is in fact the apparent genuineness of his voice that makes his work throughout the collection so transfixing...
...mood of the entry), their penchant for personal loss, and their unshakable self-loathing. The journal also features excerpts from Roger’s incubating debut meta-novel, the Scotch-soaked “Glove Pond.”The narrative style smacks of a sarcastic take on Goethe??s “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” all the way up to the discussion of one of the characters’ (totally unnecessary) attempt at suicide. While it is easy to sympathize with Roger and Bethany at first, with each passing chapter they seem...
...novel’s quotation from Goethe??s “Theory of Colors” indicates the genesis of Chevalier’s characteristically cerebral style: “As yellow is always accompanied with light, so it may be said that blue still brings a principle of darkness with...
...where Goethe??s trip took him to the glittering nexus of a unitary “classical” culture, González leads his listener through a more cosmopolitan pantheon of sincere acoustic folk, taking in everything from spicy Spanish flourishes to British pastoral balladeering on a breakneck journey through his musical heritage...
Sure, he may be borrowing liberally from past greats in the process of finding his own style, but some of Goethe??s “Roman Elegies” might as well have been written by Virgil...