Paul Celans -Gesprach Im Gebirg- - Erinnerung an Eine -Versaumte Begegnung- (German, Book)

This is a study of one of the few prose texts by an author much better known for his poetry. It is inspired by Celan's remark that -Gesprach im Gebirg- was written "in memory of an encounter that never happened." Instead of taking the conventional course and treating this remark as a reference to Adorno, the author examines the poetological implications behind it. Though hermetic at first glance, the text yields up a surprising number of its apparent enigmas when subjected to close reading, poetological analysis, intertextual comparison with texts by Adorno, and reference to letters recently published for the first time."