 | Goethe''s Allegories of Identity Subjects: Goethe Johann Wolfgang von 1749–1832 -- Criticism and interpretation; Goethe Johann Wolfgang von 1749–1832 -- Language; Identity in literature; Self in literature; Subconsciousness in literature; Subjectivity in literature; Goethe's Allegories of Identity shows how Goethe's literary works, as the essential middle steps between Rousseau and Freud, lay the basis for modern depth psychology. Its illuminating scholarly yet accessible readings of five major works may also serve as an introduction to readers coming to Goethe for the first time. Jane K. Brown is Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor for Western Civilization Emerita at the University of Washington and author of The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
