Abstract
Family members join me on the patio outside and I read them a few poems from the Book of Hafez to gauge their reactions. [...]Two friends that bring no trouble Wine goblet, book of poems The heat continues to build. In a time when scrutiny of male predation on women is finally happening, it is very interesting to have Marianne's strong voice of assent and engagement - and to have the intellectual dimensions of the relationship brought to the fore. In 2017 she won the Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay 'Trace Fossils', published in the Griffith Review.
In the West-Eastern Divan of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe (1749-1832) pretends to be a Middle Eastern poet. It is worth remembering, in these times, the love affair the West once had with the East, imputing to it all that was exotic, erotic, and decadent - the 'orientalising' fetish dissected by Edward Said and many others since.
In the West-Eastern Divan of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe (1749-1832) pretends to be a Middle Eastern poet. It is worth remembering, in these times, the love affair the West once had with the East, imputing to it all that was exotic, erotic, and decadent - the 'orientalising' fetish dissected by Edward Said and many others since.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | A3 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Transnational Literature |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2018 |
Keywords
- Poetry
- Goethe
- Book review
- Translations
- German literature
- 19th century
- Zoroastrianism
- Poets
- 14th century