Routledge - Still Songs: Music In and Around Paul Celan

Explore the deep connection between poetry and music in Axel Englund's groundbreaking study, Still Songs: Music In and Around the Poetry of Paul Celan. This book offers a fresh perspective on how these two art forms interact in the wake of the Holocaust. As a Jewish Holocaust survivor and one of the most significant German-language poets, Paul Celan frequently used references to music and song throughout his work, from his earliest writings to his later poems. This Routledge publication examines how the relationship between music and poetry, which was central to German Romanticism, is reconfigured in the aftermath of the Second World War. It addresses how these arts turn to one another as a way of aesthetic self-reflection during a period of immense historical change. For students, scholars, and readers interested in the intersection of literature and music, this book provides the first dedicated analysis of Celan's musical themes and their significance in modern poetry.