tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29519072.post626068180861010155..comments2023-12-11T19:34:51.189-06:00Comments on Eine Klage-Welt: MutterlandJames Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29519072.post-6524143138573913492008-10-26T04:58:00.000-05:002008-10-26T04:58:00.000-05:00reminds Hannah Arendt's answer to the question "wh...reminds Hannah Arendt's answer to the question "what remains? " : "the language remains ... "Ffflaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697821220291240079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29519072.post-85372913297803799622008-09-28T14:44:00.000-05:002008-09-28T14:44:00.000-05:00He did say it, and he meant it in a way, I guess. ...He did say it, and he meant it in a way, I guess. But notice the ironic, inverted commas around "enriched." Enrichment at the cost of such destruction, such impoverishment. This was the paradox of his life, the bind he was in: It was <I>impossible</I> for Celan to be a poet in this "enriched" German. It was impossible for him <I>not</I> to be one.James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29519072.post-35388847721779774482008-09-28T13:52:00.000-05:002008-09-28T13:52:00.000-05:00That's an amazing thing for Celan to say - that la...That's an amazing thing for Celan to say - that language was enriched by it all, I would have thought the opposite.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.com