Celan Studies
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Celan Studies / Celan-Studien
Peter Szondi, who took his own life in October of 1971, was one of the most profound readers of the work of Paul Celan, perhaps the most important poet working in German in the second half of the 20th century.
These three studies on Celan's oeuvre approach his work from entirely different angles, yet they are all directed at the central issue of Celan’s particular conception of language. Szondi manages not only to give a lucid description, reading and interpretation of individual...
These three studies on Celan's oeuvre approach his work from entirely different angles, yet they are all directed at the central issue of Celan’s particular conception of language. Szondi manages not only to give a lucid description, reading and interpretation of individual...
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Peter Szondi, who took his own life in October of 1971, was one of the most profound readers of the work of Paul Celan, perhaps the most important poet working in German in the second half of the 20th century.
These three studies on Celan's oeuvre approach his work from entirely different angles, yet they are all directed at the central issue of Celan’s particular conception of language. Szondi manages not only to give a lucid description, reading and interpretation of individual poems, but also an extraordinarily nuanced illumination of the problem of poetry that works within the mode of realism.
These three studies on Celan's oeuvre approach his work from entirely different angles, yet they are all directed at the central issue of Celan’s particular conception of language. Szondi manages not only to give a lucid description, reading and interpretation of individual poems, but also an extraordinarily nuanced illumination of the problem of poetry that works within the mode of realism.
2016, 154 pages