Western Art and Jewish Presence in the Work of Paul Celan
Subtitle: Roots and Ramifications of the Meridian Speech
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780739184127
Subjects: German literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Description: "Western Art and Jewish Presence in the Work of Paul Celan examines "The Meridian" as a base from which to explore the poet's work as a whole, following the speech's connections to its sources and to poems written before and after. The discussion focuses on the complex dialogue between Celan's Jewishness and his vocation as a Western writer"--