Celan, Paul, author.
Stanford, California. : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
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Part of the series Meridian, crossing aesthetics;Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)
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- Originally published in German under the title Der Meridian.
- Originally presented as a speech to the German Academy for Language and Poetry on the occasion of Celan’s acceptance of the Georg Büchner Prize for literature.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Translator’s Preface — Editors’ Preface — The Origin of the Büchner-Prize Speech — Presentation and Transcription — The Meridian, Final Version — Preliminary Stages — Drafts — I. Main Section — II. Main Section — III. Main Section — Materials — Darkness — The Poem — Breath — Breathturn — Encounter — Hostility to Art — Time Critique — Notes on Büchner and K.E. Franzos — Discarded Speech Parts — Materials from Other Posthumous Writings — Further Materials from The Meridian-Collections — Radio-Essay: The Poetry of Osip Mandelstam — Letter to Hermann Kasack of 16.5.60 — Appendix — Notes — Editorial Comments — On the Signature and Reference System — On the Final and the Preliminary Versions of The Meridian Speech — On the Drafts of the Büchner-Speech — On the Materials for the Büchner-Speech — On Materials from Other Archival Papers — Index of Names — Facsimiles.
- Originally Presented As a Speech to the German Academy for Language and Poetry on the occasion of Celan’s acceptance of the Georg Büchner Prize for literature, The Meridian is arguably the most important poetological statement of the second half of the twentieth century. Much more than a personal statement or occasional piece, it is a meditation on the state of poetry and art in general, and a rigorous attempt to account for what poetry is, can, and must be after the Holocaust. This definitive historico-critical edition, available for the first time in English, presents not only the first drafts, but also a vast array of notes and preparatory work, and a brief essay on Osip Mandelstam, all of which work to expand the field of reference of Celan’s manifesto and reveal its true scope. Rich commentaries clarify Celan’s notes to authors as diverse as Leibniz, Scheler, Kafka, Hofmannsthal, Husserl, Pascal, Valéry, Heidegger, and others.
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