Special GSNA Sessions at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language AssociationVancouver, 8–11 January 2015
135. Postclassical Goethe and the Pleasure of the Senses
Thursday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 10, VCC EastPresiding: Joel B. Lande, Princeton University
- “Thought and Language in Goethe’s ‘Pandora,’“ David Edward Wellbery, University of Chicago
- “The Scandal of Deep Time in Goethe’s Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre,” Timothy Attanucci, Johannes Gutenberg–Universität Mainz
- “The Intimacy of Knowledge in Goethe’s Science,” Joel B. Lande
206. Goethe’s Poetic Faculties and the Primacy of the Senses
Friday, 9 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 19, VCC EastPresiding: Claire Baldwin, Colgate University
- “Abstraction and Paraphrase in Goethe’s Study of Weather,” Alice Christensen, Princeton University
- “‘Ein Verhältnis, welches man auszusprechen kaum wagen darf’: On the Embodiment of Intuitive Understanding in Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre,” Michael Saman, Princeton University
- “Between Art and Nature: The Pygmalion Motif in Goethe’s Römische Elegien,” Alexis Briley, Cornell University
313. “Bodies That Matter”: Corporeality and Materiality in the Age of Goethe
Friday, 9 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 5, VCC EastPresiding: Julie Koser, University of Maryland, College Park
- “Impossible Ideals: Virginity and Maternity in Goethe’s Werther,” Lauren Nossett, University of California, Davis
- “Bodies That Matter and Don’t Matter in Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister,” Susan Elizabeth Gustafson, University of Rochester
- “‘Pen Portraits’ and Salon Encounters in Berlin around 1800,” Marjanne Elaine Goozé, University of Georgia