Brings to light an important and unconventional teacher of literature whose way of thinking and method are relevant in German Studies and beyond, particularly in view of the present crisis of the humanities.
Brings to light an important and unconventional teacher of literature whose way of thinking and method are relevant in German Studies and beyond, particularly in view of the present crisis of the humanities.
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Teaching as an Existential Art Bifurcations The University in Space and Time The Janitor King of Dwinelle Hall 1. Approaching Goethe Who was Goethe? A Goethean Approach to Science, Literature, and Life Reflections, Refractions... and a Bit of Philosophy 2. The Faust Drama. Overview and Part I Locating Faust Between Farrago and Form Broadly Speaking The Problem of Knowledge and Magic Naïve Magic Deliberate Magic Goethe's Creation Myth and its Relevance to Faust The Wager Scene 3. Faust, Part II Three Paths: Magic, Symbolism, Mysticism Moving Through Part II A Fourth Path The Perils of Magic Looking into Darkness The Step Beyond Magic Blindness or Insight Faust's "Highest Moment" Errancy and Truth Higher Spheres Christianization and its Discontents Reservations, Problems, Questions "There's a certain Slant of light..." Epilogue 4. An Introduction to the Study of Franz Kafka Approaching Kafka Where Does Kafka Belong? 5. "Hurrying Is Deadly": A Slow Reading of Kafka's "The Judgment" Postscript Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Teaching as an Existential Art Bifurcations The University in Space and Time The Janitor King of Dwinelle Hall 1. Approaching Goethe Who was Goethe? A Goethean Approach to Science, Literature, and Life Reflections, Refractions... and a Bit of Philosophy 2. The Faust Drama. Overview and Part I Locating Faust Between Farrago and Form Broadly Speaking The Problem of Knowledge and Magic Naïve Magic Deliberate Magic Goethe's Creation Myth and its Relevance to Faust The Wager Scene 3. Faust, Part II Three Paths: Magic, Symbolism, Mysticism Moving Through Part II A Fourth Path The Perils of Magic Looking into Darkness The Step Beyond Magic Blindness or Insight Faust's "Highest Moment" Errancy and Truth Higher Spheres Christianization and its Discontents Reservations, Problems, Questions "There's a certain Slant of light..." Epilogue 4. An Introduction to the Study of Franz Kafka Approaching Kafka Where Does Kafka Belong? 5. "Hurrying Is Deadly": A Slow Reading of Kafka's "The Judgment" Postscript Bibliography Index
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