Goethe and Fallen Women

Goethe Etc. · 10 hours ago · discuss

Faust and GretchenIt has been too long since I have posted. Such are the pitfalls of writing a book. Next to my desk are several books (nothing to do with Goethe) that I have been longing to read. No such luck. But a recent news story has caused such a fever among the public that it offers a comparison to the fate of Gretchen in Goethe’s Faust. I speak of course of the current legal affair concerning Lindsay Clancy and the murder of her three children.For those not familiar with Goethe’s work, Gretchen features in Part One, when Faust falls...