Description
Book SynopsisThis Festschrift marks the 50th anniversary of the Dallas Goethe Center, a nonprofit educational and cultural arts organization, dedicated to advancing German culture and language in North Texas. Founded in 1965, the Dallas Goethe Center serves the community by developing an appreciation and understanding of German art, drama, music, language, literature, and history, and cultivates mutual understanding between the people of German-speaking countries and those of the United States of America.
On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, a symposium honoring Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was organized and held on April 22, 2016, at the University of Dallas. This Festschrift is the published proceedings of the symposium along with a review of the Goethe Center's history and the development of its mission from its founding to the present. The concept of the Festschrift is focused on the persona of Goethe and his modern-day relevance as a representative of German c
Table of Contents
Nicola Bremer: Foreword – Acknowledgments – Jacob-Ivan Eidt: Introduction: The Dallas Goethe Center: History, Mission, Outlook 1965–2015 – Christoph Daniel Weber: The Allure of Danger: The Depiction of Nature’s Destructive Forces in Goethe’s Oeuvre – Jacob-Ivan Eidt: "Man möchte sich fürchten, das Haus fiele ein": Goethe’s Beethoven-Reception and the Elemental in Music – Josiah Simon: Journey to the "Realm of the Mothers": Franz Rosenzweig’s Response to Goethe’s Faust – Prisilla Sanchez: Rewriting Goethe: Goethe Seen through Stendhal’s Memoirs – Hella Hennessee: "Amerika, du hast es besser." Goethe’s Changing Concept of America – Dongliang Li: The Study of Goethe in Greater China: Status Quo and Prospect – Bainard Cowan: Wilhelm Meister, Hamlet, and the Foundations of Modern Meaning – Tobias Joho: Iterative Figures of Speech in Goethe’s Elective Affinities – Stefan Hajduk: The Moods of Young Werther: Goethe’s Innovative Language of Emotion – John Douglas Macready: The Pariah and the Poet: Hannah Arendt’s Alternative Reading of Goethe’s Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre as a Critique of Enlightenment Bildung – Contributors.
