Ludwig Strauss: An Approach to His Bilingual “Parallel Poems”

236 Pages·2018·1.93 MB·English

by  Matveev, Julia

Julia Matveev
Ludwig Strauss: An Approach to His Bilingual “Parallel Poems”
Conditio Judaica
Studien und Quellen zur deutsch-jüdischen
Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte
Herausgegeben von
Hans Otto Horch
In Verbindung mit Alfred Bodenheimer,
Mark H. Gelber und Jakob Hessing
Band 93
Julia Matveev
Ludwig Strauss:
An Approach
to His Bilingual
“Parallel Poems”
ISBN 978-3-11-058750-0
e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-059076-0
e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-058763-0
ISSN 0941-5866
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018947223
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To my husband Valeri and my daughters Anna and Dina

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Praised be your name, no one.
For your sake
we shall flower.
Towards
you.

»Psalm,« Paul Celan
(Translated by Michael Hamburger)

Contents
1 Introduction | 1
2 Strauss’s politico-religious Views | 19
3 Poetry as a »Fore-image« of True Community | 37
4 The Poem »To the Bay« and the Issue of Translation | 57
5 Analysis of the Poems »Morning Song« and »Twilight« | 97

6 Commentary to »My Olive Branches« and »Under the Olive
Tree« | 125
7 Four Other »Parallel Poems« | 163
8 Concluding Remarks | 207
Bibliography | 211
Index | 223