Reviews for Goethe's Faust And European Epic

The average rating for Goethe's Faust And European Epic based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-30 00:00:00 Mary Gore Theodor Meron is possibly the most incompetent excuse for a scholar I have ever stumbled across. He makes up words ("unrelentless" is my favorite example and he uses it in place of the its theoretical opposite "relentless"), contradicts himself repeatedly, and so grossly misinterprets the Iliad that you have to actually wonder if he even read the damn thing. How he managed to get anything published is utterly beyond me. I would say that he should have stayed in his home field of law, but most lawyers know to do their basic research before making unsubstantiated arguments. Quit perjuring yourself, Meron.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-01-13 00:00:00 Jason Spiegel I only plucked this off the library shelf because I was struggling with filmic adaptations of Henry V. There's a really good section on Laurence Olivier and I found some little bots and bobs that helped, but I felt that the book as a whole is rushed. It packs in a lot of information (I haven't read this cover to cover, but I've dipped into most of the chapters) but I felt that perhaps there could have been more focus on he iconic adaptations, including Olivier and Branagh's Henry V. It's a good book, informative and still useful.. But I guess I just expected more. ^.^