Snow Part/Schneepart

by Paul Celan

Book Overview

Celan's poems resist straightforward exegesis. They are not linear progressions, moving from word to word, from point A to point B. Rather, they present themselves to a reader as intricate networks of semantic densities. Intentional puns, oblique personal references, intentional misquotations, bizarre neologisms: these are the sinews that bind Celan's poems together. It is not possible to keep up with him, to follow his drift at every step along the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931357463
• ISBN13: 9781931357463
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Sheep Meadow Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.0"