Definition of Goethean in English:
Goethean
(also Goethian)
adjectiveˈɡəːtɪənˈɡə(r)diən
Relating to or characteristic of the German poet, playwright, and scholar Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or his works.
the Goethean concept of world literature
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a short book of four separate essays by two contemporary researchers in the Goethean tradition.
- All kinds of Goethean characters are alluded to but never realized.
- This astonishingly rapid transformation was brought about because of their abiding belief in the Goethean ideal of high culture.
- The frequent use of such abstract generalities is a distinguishing feature of the Goethian style.
- In European literature there is a Goethean myth of the Faustian artist who sells his soul to the devil in return for absolute artistic power.
Definition of Goethean in US English:
Goethean
(also Goethian)
adjectiveˈɡə(r)diənˈɡə(r)dēən
Relating to or characteristic of the German poet, playwright, and scholar Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or his works.
the Goethean concept of world literature
Example sentencesExamples
- This astonishingly rapid transformation was brought about because of their abiding belief in the Goethean ideal of high culture.
- All kinds of Goethean characters are alluded to but never realized.
- It's a short book of four separate essays by two contemporary researchers in the Goethean tradition.
- In European literature there is a Goethean myth of the Faustian artist who sells his soul to the devil in return for absolute artistic power.
- The frequent use of such abstract generalities is a distinguishing feature of the Goethian style.