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9 - The (Im)possibility of Homecoming

Heidegger, Celan, and the Aporia of Language

from III - Heidegger and Literary Works

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

By
Charles Bambach
Edited by
Andrew Benjamin
Andrew Benjamin
Affiliation:
Monash University, Victoria
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Summary

My chapter explores the relationship – both personal and philosophical – between Heidegger and Paul Celan, a relationship that is defined in all its various senses in terms of silence, denial, evasion, and responsibility. Against a consideration of the intimate ties between philosophy and poetry, I look at two different but related themes. In the first half of my chapter I offer a biographical/historical account of Heidegger’s and Celan’s interactions in postwar Germany during the 1950s and 60s. I then perform a close reading of one of Celan’s notoriously difficult poems – “Die Schliere”/“Streaks” – that serves as a kind of dialogue with Heidegger and as an intimate conversation with him about the topics of postwar silence, evasion, and blindness.

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silence (Schweigen)caesurawitnessSchliere (streaks)Celan
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Heidegger and Literary Studies , pp. 214 - 252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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