Goethe's Faust and European Epic: Forgetting the FutureGoethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. A master in all the other genres and modes, it has been felt, should have done so. Arnd Bohm proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: Faust. Goethe saw that the Faust legends provided the stuff for a national epic: a German hero, a villain (Mephistopheles), a quest (to know all things), a sublime conflict (good versus evil), a love story (via Helen of Troy), and elasticity (all human knowledge could be accommodated by the plot). Bohm reveals the care with which Goethe draws upon such sources as Tasso, Ariosto, Dante, and Vergil. In the microcosm of the "Auerbachs Keller" episode Faust has the opportunity to find "what holds the world together in its essence" and to end his quest happily, but he fails. He forgets the future because he cannot remember what epic teaches. His course ends tragically, bringing him back to the origin of epic, as he replicates the Trojans' mistake of presuming to cheat the gods. Arnd Bohm isAssociate Professor of English at Carleton University, Ottawa. |
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4 : The Roots of Evil OETHE AND VERGIL SEEMS AN UNPROMISING conjunction , given the received opinions that the former was totally captivated by Homer and that the latter was generally neglected by Germans in the eighteenth century .
4 : The Roots of Evil OETHE AND VERGIL SEEMS AN UNPROMISING conjunction , given the received opinions that the former was totally captivated by Homer and that the latter was generally neglected by Germans in the eighteenth century .
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( HA 9:42 ) Even as a child , then , Goethe knew that the epic continuation of Homer led to Vergil . We also have good reason to believe that Goethe knew at least the first half of the Aeneid extremely well , for he mentions it ...
( HA 9:42 ) Even as a child , then , Goethe knew that the epic continuation of Homer led to Vergil . We also have good reason to believe that Goethe knew at least the first half of the Aeneid extremely well , for he mentions it ...
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A key figure in the evolution of the epic into a sort of encyclopedic text was Vergil , both as he conceived his own task in relation to Homer and as he was later elevated , first to the status of hermetic philosopher and then in the ...
A key figure in the evolution of the epic into a sort of encyclopedic text was Vergil , both as he conceived his own task in relation to Homer and as he was later elevated , first to the status of hermetic philosopher and then in the ...
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The System of European Epic | 20 |
Faust and Epic History | 36 |
The Roots of Evil | 87 |
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| Tittel | Goethe's Faust and European Epic: Forgetting the Future Volum 2 av Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture |
| Forfatter | Arnd Bohm |
| Utgave | illustrert |
| Utgiver | Camden House, 2007 |
| Original fra | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisert | 30. mai 2008 |
| ISBN | 1571133445, 9781571133441 |
| Lengde | 276 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |