Speculating on the Moment: The Poetics of Time and Recurrence in Goethe, Leopardi, and Nietzsche

From: Goethe Yearbook | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Richter, Simon | Copyright information

Nicholas Rennie, Speculating on the Moment: The Poetics of Time and Recurrence in Goethe, Leopardi, and Nietzsche. Göttingen:Wallstein Verlag, 2005.359 pp.

We may be reluctant to admit it, but every interpretation is to some extent a wager. Most of us bet cautiously and are pleased with modest returns. Fewer are prepared to take greater risks and place larger bets. If we do, chances are we'll overplay our hand and lose more often than win. The effort, I would argue, is instructive (an...

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