num_pages: 134
description: The poetry of Paul Celan has intrigued and mystified his readers since publication of his first volume, Mohn und Gedaechtnis (Poppy and Memory), in 1952. Since Celan's death in 1970, there has been an outpouring on the life and work of this world-famous poet and Holocaust survivor. Now considered to be one of the greatest poets since World War II, Celan continues to provide much grist for the literary mill with his dark and disturbing images. In Holocaust Visions, Clarise Samuels carefully analyzes Celan's imagery to establish his surrealist roots and his existentialist philosophy. Samuels shows that despite Celan's despair, his vision of the Holocaust universe attempts to radically expose the false veneer of a bourgeois reality, as the poet searches for a more authentic and perhaps utopian reality. The study will be of interest to students of German, Jewish, and comparative literature, and to students of Holocaust literature.
language: English
title: Holocaust Visions: Surrealism and Existentialism in the Poetry of Paul Celan
titlecomplete: Holocaust Visions: Surrealism and Existentialism in the Poetry of Paul Celan (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, & Culture)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Camden House