The most famous poem of the Holocaust
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Abramovich, DDate
2020-11-09Source Title
Mentalities = MentalitesPublisher
The Institute for the History of MentalitiesUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Abramovich, DvirAffiliation
School of Historical and Philosophical StudiesMetadata
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Abramovich, D. (2020). The most famous poem of the Holocaust. Mentalities = Mentalites, 33 (1), pp.1-14Access Status
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Abstract
The essay examines “Death Fugue” Paul Celan’s most celebrated and anthologised poem, and a work which has become the most famous work of the Holocaust. Today, every German pupil knows the text since it is required reading in German high schools and often quoted in art and film, it has been canonised to the extent that it is part of the official ritual of remembrance in Germany. The article explores how Death Fugue” is a meditation on the directly the annihilation of European Jewry, using an intermix of metaphors, mysterious imagery , associations and biblical and modern themes to produce a work of art of unparalleled power.
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