tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6364708000141603954..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Goethe's Roman Elegies - Most annoying to me, nights spent alone in my bedAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29342741496426610282014-05-25T22:43:52.068-05:002014-05-25T22:43:52.068-05:00I honestly wish I were better at identifying Freud...I honestly wish I were better at identifying Freudian symbolism. Plenty of later writers use it deliberately. I would like to be more adept at seeing what they are doing.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-14924179952472476312014-05-25T18:06:40.007-05:002014-05-25T18:06:40.007-05:00Well, I remain alert to symbolism in everything th...Well, I remain alert to symbolism in everything that I read, but I do not get carried away with Freudian symbolism (or any symbolism) because I remember that Freud supposedly reassured someone that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Of course, sometimes it is not.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69949717497749483832014-05-25T12:02:04.146-05:002014-05-25T12:02:04.146-05:00I am not so good at detecting Freud, but I have no...I am not so good at detecting Freud, but I have no doubt you are right. Freud would be one of those writers immersed in Goethe. I understood he was actually inspired by Goethe to study medicine.<br /><br />Jean, Goethe is worth reading in some depth. Or breadth, I guess is what I mean. I have thought about doing a big reread and writing it up here. It would be a fair amount of work, but highly rewarding.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-44148640238996941752014-05-25T09:29:15.574-05:002014-05-25T09:29:15.574-05:00I detect a Freudian eroticism that I would not exp...I detect a Freudian eroticism that I would not expect to find in Goethe. R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-56857948306715639892014-05-25T08:45:07.876-05:002014-05-25T08:45:07.876-05:00Perhaps I should give those a try sometime. I'...Perhaps I should give those a try sometime. I've read a bit of Goethe, but not nearly enough. My brother suggested Faustina as a name for our daughter...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com