Holocaust visions : surrealism and existentialism in the poetry of Paul Celan / Clarise Samuels
1993, First Edition. Columbia, SC, USA : Camden House. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #405151
Physical description; 134 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and index. Contents; 1. From the Concrete to the Abstract: A Critical Overview -- 2. Revolution: The Ideology of Surrealism -- 3. The Existentialist Aesthetic -- 4. Searching for Authenticity: Celan's Poetics -- 5. The Landscape of the Imagination: Representations of Space -- 6. Eternity and Remembering: Representations of Time, Persons, and Action -- 7. Poetic Syntax and the Surreal Image -- 8. The Holocaust Universe -- 9. Where Is Utopia? Celan's Artistic Resolution. Subjects; Celan, Paul Criticism and interpretation. Surrealism (Literature). Existentialism in literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. Celan, Criticism and interpretation.
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