Abstract
ABSTRACT August von Platen responded to Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan by composing original German ghazals that allowed him to explore his sexuality and relationship to the Fatherland through the rigorous embrace of a foreign poetic form. This ‘Divanic approach’ was neither exoticizing nor Orientalizing because it focused on the pre-existence of the Other within the Self. Platen’s response helps clarify that Goethe called for intracultural dialogue to serve as a prerequisite for intercultural engagement.
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