Celan Studies

by Peter Szondi, Susan Bernofsky, Jean Bollack, et al.

Book Overview

Peter Szondi's Celan Studies marked the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century.

The book's three studies each concentrate on a different Celan poem. "The Poetry of Constancy: Paul Celan's Translation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 105" investigates a historical turn from a poetry that claims to present its object to a poetry that only promises to do so. "Reading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804744025
• ISBN13: 9780804744027
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.2"