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Poetry as Individuality
Derek Hillard
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Hardback. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
The most significant European poet of the second half of the twentieth century, Paul Celan, viewed poetry as "the language of an individual that has become form," an individual that is constructed through the act of observation in the poem. Hillard argues that individuality is the crux of poetry for Celan because the Holocaust effectively eviscerated the individual. He investigates the core figures of individuality in Celan's poetry and prose: semblance, madness, and the wound. Celan's enigmatic poetry of a depopulated textual universe has perplexed critics. This book argues that the poetry's figures have a common source—the discourse of observation ... Read more
The most significant European poet of the second half of the twentieth century, Paul Celan, viewed poetry as "the language of an individual that has become form," an individual that is constructed through the act of observation in the poem. Hillard argues that individuality is the crux of poetry for Celan because the Holocaust effectively eviscerated the individual. He investigates the core figures of individuality in Celan's poetry and prose: semblance, madness, and the wound. Celan's enigmatic poetry of a depopulated textual universe has perplexed critics. This book argues that the poetry's figures have a common source—the discourse of observation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
Number of Pages
181
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483390
SKU
V9781611483390
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About Derek Hillard
Derek Hillard is associate professor of German at Kansas State University.
Reviews for Poetry as Individuality
This book offers important contexts for and cogent readings of extremely challenging poems.
German Studies Review
German Studies Review