In this second volume, the author continues the
proverbial "red thread" running through Goethe's
oeuvre comprising his personal relationships-with
men and boys. They provide the impetus and energy,
the fabric and pattern for each and every one of his
major works. His writing entails a continuous process
of re-iterating, re-living, re-evaluating, re-contextualising
his personal experiences, thereby eternalising it-and
with it, himself. Goethe is the monument of a universal
force he chiselled into words.