Fathomsuns and Benighted - Paul Celan - Books - Sheep Meadow - 9781878818881 - June 1, 2001
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Fathomsuns and Benighted (Fadensonnen and Eingedunkelt) Bilingual German-english Ed. edition

Paul Celan

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Fathomsuns and Benighted (Fadensonnen and Eingedunkelt) Bilingual German-english Ed. edition

Bilingual Edition

Published in 1968 in German, Fadensonnen (Fathomsuns) is Paul Celan's sixth and most extensive collection of verse, presenting 105 poems. Written between 1965 and 1967, they comprised the last major sequence released in the poet's lifetime. Benighted (Eingedunkelt), a sequence of 11 poems, appeared in an anthology of 'abandoned works' by Celan and other authors. In these late works, Celan practices the most complex and aggravated syntax and meaning: here his poetry shows Celan turning against his own lyrical powers.

Paul Celan is the greatest German-language poet after Rilke. His intolerable wrestle with words and meanings evolved an unequalled insight and originality. He dominates European poetry in the last half of the 20th century by means of his attempt to redeem the human tongue from its terrible history in the post- Holocaust Europe.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 1, 2001
ISBN13 9781878818881
Publishers Sheep Meadow
Pages 295
Dimensions 152 × 21 × 226 mm   ·   439 g
Language English  
Contributor Ian Fairley

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