The Specular Moment
Wellbery, David E In this book, the author has three aims: (1) to elaborate an interpretation of Goethe's lyric poetry adequate to the intricacies of its subject matter, (2) to demonstrate the significance of that poetry to the development of European Romanticism, (3) to establish a method of inquiry that weaves together the major strands of theoretical reflection in modern literary studies. Remarkably enough, no study of Goethe's early lyric poetry has been pu...