{"product_id":"celan-studies-paperback","title":"Celan Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Szondi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Bernofsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eHarvey Mendelsohn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Szondi's \u003ci\u003eCelan Studies\u003c\/i\u003e marked the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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 'Engführung'\" follows the movement of poetic language into territory undisclosed to epistemic reason. \"Eden\" addresses \"Du liegst,\" a poem on the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht; Szondi actually was with Celan when the poem was written. It analyzes the relation between the historical facts to which a poem refers and its composition. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book contains, as appendixes, Szondi's notes for three more projected studies of Celan poems, left unwritten at the time of his death in 1971. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter 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. \u003cbr\u003eThe 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 'Engfuhrung'\" follows the movement of poetic language into territory undisclosed to epistemic reason. \"Eden\" addresses \"Du liegst,\" a poem on the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht; Szondi actually was with Celan when the poem was written. It analyzes the relation between the historical facts to which a poem refers and its composition. \u003cbr\u003eThe book contains, as appendixes, Szondi's notes for three more projected studies of Celan poems, left unwritten at the time of his death in 1971. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe English translation of Szondi's seminal work constitutes an important landmark for Celan afficionados who are not proficient in the German language.--Bianca Rosenthal, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Szondi (1929-1971) was Professor of Comparative Literature at the Free University in Berlin. He is the author of groundbreaking works on the theory of drama, on literary hermeneutics, on Hölderlin, and on Celan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.16 x 4.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737480138815,"sku":"9780804744027","price":30.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5dbfe51e37bacc6ed2df47c0202b3779.webp?v=1765150123","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/celan-studies-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}