Voice of Trauma: The Scandal of Child Abuse in Goethe’s “Erlkönig”
Toy LoungeThis lecture answers the famous question that Johann Wolfgang Goethe's ballad "Erlkönig" (1782) begins medias in res: "Who rides so late through night and wind?” Who's inquiring about the rider? Where and when is this question posed? Goethe's ballad tells … Read more