Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is widely recognized as the greatest writer of the German tradition. The Romantic period in Germany (the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) is known as the Age of Goethe, and Goethe embodies the concerns of the gen...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is widely recognized as the greatest writer of the German tradition. The Romantic period in Germany (the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) is known as the Age of Goethe, and Goethe embodies the concerns of the gen...
The German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), who embraced many fields of human endeavor, ranks as the greatest of all German poets. Of all modern men of genius, Goethe is the most universal. The many-sided a...
Egmont is a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which he completed in 1788. Like his earlier 'Storm and Stress' play Götz von Berlichingen (1773), its dramaturgical structure is heavily influenced by Shakespearean tragedy; in contrast to the earlier...
Sparkling in the sunlight at the water's edge of Egmont Key lay a hunk of glittering metal. It was not a doubloon or pirate booty, but a spent brass cartridge--a treasure of another sort. Lying on the sand, it caught the eye of...
BEETHOVEN Egmont: Overture. BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in c * Christian Thielemann, cond; Munich P * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6404 (60:44) Live: Gasteig 6/2005 Christian Thielemann (b. 1959), now pushing 50, is no youngster. He began his career at the age of 19...
It was the crossword puzzle fan's version of getting his marriage proposal plastered on a stadium Jumbotron.Aric Egmont and Jennie Bass were working on a puzzle titled "Popping the question" in the latest issue of The Boston Globe Sunday magazine. Bass spotted her sister's name...
In the following essay, Larkin explores the significance of political revolution in Egmont, deeming it a “means toward societal transformation and political self-determination.”
In the following essay, John examines the role of cross-dressing in Egmont, asserting that it is “not always a matter of gender crossing, but can be a political transfer even within one sex.”
