A Poetics of the Image
Paul Celan and André du Bouchet
Julian J. I. Koch
Click cover to enlarge Buy hardback at: Booksellers & libraries: | Studies In Comparative Literature 52 Legenda 10 December 2021 • 194pp ISBN: 978-1-781883-56-3 (hardback) • RRP £85, $115, €99 ISBN: 978-1-781883-59-4 (paperback, 15 August 2024 ISBN: 978-1-781883-62-4 (JSTOR ebook) Access online: Books@JSTOR ModernGermanArtPoetrystudent-priced In addition to its original library hardback edition, this title is now on sale in the new student-priced Legenda paperback range. What is an image? Literary imagery is often understood as figurative speech. But images can also be visual in artworks. They can be abstract, too, if mankind is understood as an image of God. Similarly, Plato often speaks of ideas and forms in visual terms. The question of the image prompted debates in philosophy, theology, and art history for many centuries, which had a profound impact upon two of the twentieth century’s most significant European poets: the German-Jewish poet Paul Celan (1920–1970) and French-Jewish poet André du Bouchet (1924–2001). Through a wide-ranging comparative analysis of these two poets’ work, this study proposes a new understanding of the role of the image in poetry, as well as a new way of reading the two writers’ oeuvres. Julian Johannes Immanuel Koch is a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Copenhagen. Reviews:
For a contents listing, see this volume at JSTOR. Bibliography entry: Koch, Julian J. I., A Poetics of the Image: Paul Celan and André du Bouchet, Studies In Comparative Literature, 52 (Legenda, 2021) First footnote reference: 35 Julian J. I. Koch, A Poetics of the Image: Paul Celan and André du Bouchet, Studies In Comparative Literature, 52 (Legenda, 2021), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Koch, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Koch, Julian J. I.. 2021. A Poetics of the Image: Paul Celan and André du Bouchet, Studies In Comparative Literature, 52 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Koch 2021: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Koch 2021: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Poetics-Image www.mhra.org.uk/publications/sicl-52 |
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