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- Title
The Allegorical Image and Presence in Paul Celan's "Wortaufschüttung".
- Authors
Immanuel Koch, Julian Johannes
- Abstract
This article discusses Paul Celan's conception of the image through a close reading of his poem "Wortaufschüttung." It reveals Celan's engagement with allegory and baroque notions of the image as a sign which can only signify the absence of that which it presents. Yet Celan does not confine himself to such a negative, apophatic mode of expression. Thus, for Celan, poetry can testify to an originary speech that goes beyond mere negative signification. While the article concentrates on the image in Celan's "Wortaufschüttung," the introduction and conclusion suggest that the notion of the image discussed extends beyond the poem's boundaries and informs Celan's poetry and poetics more generally.
- Subjects
CELAN, Paul, 1920-1970; ALLEGORY; BAROQUE aesthetics; NEGATIVE theology; POETICS
- Publication
Seminar -- A Journal of Germanic Studies, 2020, Vol 56, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
0037-1939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/seminar.56.1.2