Word Traces: Readings of Paul Celan

by Paul Celan

Book Overview

Includes the first complete English translation of Jacques Derrida's book-length essay, "Shibboleth for Paul Celan." "Despite a growing interest in Celan over the past twenty years, there is no collection in English which comes as close to the extended critical presentation assembled here. Word Traces will be a standard text on Celan--the variety of the essays is wide and will appeal to specialists in philosophy, German studies, modern poetry, comparative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801845254
• ISBN13: 9780801845253
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher