Beyond Nihilism: Gottfried Benn's Postmodernist Poetics

absolute art absolute prose abstract aesthetic alienation alter ego anchored artist aspect associations autobiographical autonomous Benn's Ausdruckswelt Benn's poetics bourgeois called consciousness construction contemporary create creative criticism culture deconstruction deliberate Derrida E. B. Ashton essay established existence existential experience expression Expressionism Expressionist external fact formal Frankfurt am Main Friedrich Nietzsche German German Expressionism Gottfried Benn Heinrich Mann historical pessimism human idea identity images individual intellectual interpretation irrational irrationality Jacques Derrida Kandinsky language later linguistic literary theory literature lyric meaning metaphysical metaphysics of presence metonomy metonymous modern modernist myth mythic narrative National Socialism nature Nazis Nietzsche Nietzsche's nihilism original Pameelen philosophy poet poetry political polysemy postmodernist postmodernist literary problem progress protagonist pure quotidian reality rational reader realm reception reference role Ronne Ronne's sense significance society Steinmetz thought tion traditional transcendent translated by E. B. ultimate Verlag vitalist Wellershoff whole words worldview