Paul Celan

PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART ONE I. AT THE CROSSROADS OF TRADITIONS: PAUL CELANOS NATIVE CENTEXTUALITY The Region Where Books and People Lived An Alexandrian Constellation The Conscious Traditionalists Paul Celan: Poems of a Double Bind PART TWO II. RESONANCES OF THE NIGHT Configurations of Love, Bitterness, and Tulips Ballads of an Extinct World A Crown of Thorns III, PAUL CELANOS POETICS OF SEDUCTION The Roumanian Intermezzo A Dream about Dreams Sand and Memories Backlight PART THREE IV. INNOVATION AND REPETITION Count the Almonds Words as Weapons Roots in the Air Eastersmoke V, GRAVE-WELLS IN THE WIND: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PAST IN CELANOS SCHNEEPART NOTES INDEX OF NAMES AND TOPICS INDEX OF PAUL CELANOS POEMS AND PROSE

" ... Colin's brilliant new book ... demonstrates how deeply linked Celan's work is to the Romanian Jewish experience of the 1930s and '40s... A landmark in Celan studies and a major contribution to the study of contemporary poetry and theory." Choice "Unquestionably this book has much to offer: its discussion of the early Celan, especially his Roumanian poems; its survey of the cultural milieu out of which he came; and its valuable explications of hitherto unexplored Celan poems are excellent contributions to scholarship." --Alfred Hoelzel "A wide ranging examination of the multifarious cultural background of one of the most important poets of this century and a brilliant analysis of his work." Magill's Literary Annual "In a hauntingly urgent voice, Amy Colin ... unravels and connects for the Celan scholar some of the intricacies of his early and his late poetic creations." Modern Judaism " ... a readable yet sophisticated analysis of certain aspects of Celan's poetic development." World Literature Today "It will claim a prominent place in current Celan criticism." Shofar