Gottfried Benn's Static Poetry: Aesthetic and Intellectual-historical InterpretationsUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1991 - 121 oldal This book consists of close readings of four poems illustrating Gottfried Benn's developing conception of stillness or stasis: Trunkene Flut (1927), Wer allein ist-- (1936), Statische Gedichte (1944), and Reisen (1950). Mark Roche pays particular attention to the interrelation of form and content, and he uncovers previously overlooked allusions to thinkers such as Aristotle, Seneca, and Meister Eckhart. Benn's supposedly pure poetry of stasis is in reality an expression of opposition to nazi ideology, Roche argues, and should be viewed in the context of inner emigration. Nevertheless, Benn's opposition to nazism unwittingly rests on the same decisionistic foundation as the power positivism he deplores. Benn's well-intentioned critique of nazism is ultimately unsuccessful. The book concludes with a theoretical postscript that suggest ways in which intellectual history could be made productive for literary interpretation and provides arguments in favor of an "aesthetic" analysis attentive to both formal structures and philosophical coherence. |
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... appear shallow in comparison with the depth of the sage's own singularly ahistorical and asocial wisdom . In the second strophe stillness is not just a psychological ideal but an epistemological one as well . The wise man knows ; he ...
... appear shallow in comparison with the depth of the sage's own singularly ahistorical and asocial wisdom . In the second strophe stillness is not just a psychological ideal but an epistemological one as well . The wise man knows ; he ...
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... appear contradictory : Dada is ruled by the laws of chance . Finally , the rhythm of the poem takes us from the arbitrary ... appears , like much in Benn , above all formal . However , the play on " Zür - ich , " along with the earlier ...
... appear contradictory : Dada is ruled by the laws of chance . Finally , the rhythm of the poem takes us from the arbitrary ... appears , like much in Benn , above all formal . However , the play on " Zür - ich , " along with the earlier ...
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... appears to have derived in part from his declaration of the futility of political action — including , of course , resistance — and his legitimation of pas- sivity and neutral observation . The Benn of " Statische Gedichte , " no ...
... appears to have derived in part from his declaration of the futility of political action — including , of course , resistance — and his legitimation of pas- sivity and neutral observation . The Benn of " Statische Gedichte , " no ...
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Wer allein ist 15 42 8 8 1 3 1 88 | 15 |
Reisen | 30 |
National Socialism and Transcendental Norms | 56 |
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