Bernhard Böschenstein – författare

Originally presented as a speech to the German Academy for Language and Poetry on the occasion of Celan's acceptance of the Georg Büchner Prize for literature, The Meridian is one of, if not the most important poetological statement of the second half of the twentieth century. Much more than a personal statement or occasional piece, it is a meditation on the state of poetry and art in general and a rigorous attempt to account for what poetry is, can, and must be after the Holocaust. This definitive historico-critical edition, available for the first time in English, presents not only the first drafts, but also a vast array of notes and preparatory work and a brief essay on Osip Mandelstam, all of which work to expand the field of reference of Celan's manifesto and reveal its true scope. Rich commentaries clarify Celan's notes to authors as diverse as Leibniz, Scheler, Kafka, Hofmannsthal, Husserl, Pascal, Valéry, Heidegger, and others.Listen to an interview about Celan's Meridian with translator Pierre Joris on the radio program Cross Cultural Poetics, hosted by poet and professor Leonard Schwartz at writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/XCP.php#253.

Stefan George (1868-1933) ist einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Lyriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Über seine Dichtung hinaus hatte er mit seiner mythisch-aristokratischen Kunst-, Gesellschafts- und Lebensauffassung, besonders über die Mitglieder seines 'Kreises' (Bertram, Curtius, Gundolf, Hildebrandt, Kommerell, von Uxkull), erheblichen Einfluss auf verschiedene Wissenschaftsdisziplinen, u. a. die Literaturwissenschaft, die Pädagogik, die Rechts- und Geschichtswissenschaft und die Altertumswissenschaft. Georges Einfluss auf die Geisteswissenschaften und das intellektuelle Leben in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts kann kaum überschätzt werden. Der kompendienhafte Band versammelt Beiträge namhafter George-Forscher, die sich dem Einfluss des George-Kreises auf die verschiedenen Wissenschaften widmen.

The significance of Stefan George (1868-1933) in the history of modern German poetry is not in doubt. So far, however, research on his work has concentrated on the earlier half of his production, up to and including »Der Siebente Ring«, to the relative neglect of the poetry that makes up the later stages of his oeuvre. This later work is notable for the challenging way it addresses topics such as sexuality, religion, poetology, and politics. This volume assembles the papers delivered at the Stefan George colloquium in Bingen am Rhein in December 1998.