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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... means to cover , to hide , to elimi- nate from view , so that the soul's desire to express itself in the poem may be not fulfilled , but thwarted . Does decken imply in this instance fulfillment and union , or erasure and displacement ...
... means to cover , to hide , to elimi- nate from view , so that the soul's desire to express itself in the poem may be not fulfilled , but thwarted . Does decken imply in this instance fulfillment and union , or erasure and displacement ...
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... means by which to reach stillness and immutability . Benn of course stops at the self and does not pass beyond it , as does a religious thinker like Bonaventure . For Bonaventure , God is center and circumference ; for Benn , center and ...
... means by which to reach stillness and immutability . Benn of course stops at the self and does not pass beyond it , as does a religious thinker like Bonaventure . For Bonaventure , God is center and circumference ; for Benn , center and ...
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... means that one has no valid argument against that position which itself denies tolerance . If no perspective is grounded , then why should I bother taking any perspective seriously other than my own ? If there is no absolute , my own ...
... means that one has no valid argument against that position which itself denies tolerance . If no perspective is grounded , then why should I bother taking any perspective seriously other than my own ? If there is no absolute , my own ...
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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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