Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger: An Unresolved Conversation, 1951-1970

by James K. Lyon

This work explores the troubled relationship and unfinished intellectual dialogue between Paul Celan, regarded by many as the most important European poet after 1945, and Martin Heidegger, perhaps the most influential figure in twentieth-century philosophy. It centers on the persistent ambivalence Celan, a Holocaust survivor, felt toward a thinker who respected him and at times promoted his poetry. Celan, although strongly affected by Heidegger's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801883024
• ISBN13: 9780801883026
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher