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Goethe and Judaism: The Troubled Inheritance of Modern Literature by Karin Schutjer (review)
Ist Teil von
German Studies Review, 2017-05, Vol.40 (2), p.419-421
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Literature Online (LION)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Because the analysis shifts back and forth between considering Goethe's narrated life and his narrating voice, this chapter is occasionally difficult to follow, especially in comparison with the introduction, which is exceptionally clear and well written. The Wanderjahre, in her view, mark a low point in Goethe's reception of Judaism, given that his "league of emigrants" in the novel refuses to accept Jews and that the work strategically misrepresents "the profound meaning of the Jewish ban on images for semiotics, ethics, and historical consciousness" (124). Schutjer thus offers a compelling new facet to our understanding of Goethe that, one hopes, will also fulfill her important closing aim of "draw[ing] attention to the diffuse power, persistence, and mutability of these Jewish-Christian typologies and, in some small way, help[ing] further loosen their grip" (190).