German and European poetics after the Holocaust
Subtitle: crisis and creativity
By: edited by Gert Hofmann ... [et. al.].
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781571132901
Subjects: German poetry; Poetics; History; History and criticism; European poetry
Description: The essays in this volume discuss postwar poetics in terms of new poetological directions and territory rather than merely destruction of traditions. Embedded in the discourse triggered by Adorno, the volume's foci include the work of Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn, and Ingeborg Bachmann. Other German writers discussed are Ilse Aichinger, Rose Ausländer, Charlotte Beradt, Thomas Kling, Heiner Müller, and Nelly Sachs; concrete poetry is also treated. The final section offers comparative views of the poetics of European literary figures such as Jean Paul Sartre, André Malraux, and Danilo Kis and a consideration of the aesthetics of Claude Lanzmann's film Shoah. Contributors: Chris Bezzel, Manuel Bragança, Gisela Dischner, Rüdiger Görner, Stefan Hajduk, Gert Hofmann, Aniela Knoblich, Rachel MagShamhráin, Marton Marko, Elaine Martin, Barry Murnane, Marko Pajevic, Tatjana Petzer, Renata Plaice, Annette Runte, Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa, Michael Shields, Peter Tame. Gert Hofmann is a Lecturer in German, Comparative Literature, Drama, and Film and Rachel MagShamhráin is a Lecturer in German, Film, and Comparative Literature, both at University College Cork; Marko Pajevic is a Lecturer in German at Queen's University Belfast; Michael Shields is a Lecturer in German at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1: Poetics after Auschwitz; title: pt. 2: Tradition and transgression; title: pt. 3: Comparative explorations in European poetics.