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Abstract
Translated by James Rolleston et al.
An East German poet examines her own production in the years 1991-1995. Precise images, e.g. of animals and landscapes both primeval and immediate, are correlated with the precise date and manner of their emergence from the poetic unconscious. The poet's self-questioning is autobiographical, professional, and social: What is the correlation between linguistic work and play and the ongoing transformation of a social order? What do intimate moments and enigmatic images tell us about the new realities of a capitalist collectivity? A key to the meaning of wrenching change is found in Erb's intensive involvement with the work of an older poet, Friederike Mayröcker.
Keywords:
- Keyword: Translated
- Keyword: James Rolleston
- Keyword: East German poet
- Keyword: examines
- Keyword: production
- Keyword: 1991-1995
- Keyword: Precise images
- Keyword: image
- Keyword: animals
- Keyword: landscapes
- Keyword: primeval
- Keyword: immediate
- Keyword: poetic unconscious
- Keyword: poetry
- Keyword: unconscious
- Keyword: self-questioning
- Keyword: autobiographical
- Keyword: professional
- Keyword: social
- Keyword: linguistic
- Keyword: play
- Keyword: work
- Keyword: social order
- Keyword: intimate
- Keyword: time
- Keyword: capitalist
- Keyword: capitalist collectivity
- Keyword: Friederike Mayröcker
- Keyword: change
How to Cite:
Erb, E., (1997) “Fundamentally Grounded [Gründlich mit Grund]”, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature 21(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1415
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