Millington The Gentle Apocalypse

Truth and Meaning in the Poetry of Georg Trakl
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-609-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 209, 278 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Through close readings of poems covering the span of Georg Trakl's lyric output, this study traces the evolution of his strangely mild and beautiful vision of the end of days.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millington, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: TAPPING THE MELODIES WITHIN: SAMMLUNG 1909
Horror and Inspiration in Vienna
Sammlung 1909
"Die tote Kirche"
"Blutschuld"
"Naturtheater"
"Von den stillen Tagen"
"Herbst"
"Das Grauen"
"Drei Träume"
"Nachtlied"
Characteristics of the Phase-One Poems
CHAPTER 2: POETRY THAT SAYS AND MEANS MORE: GEDICHTE
The Origins of Gedichte between Salzburg and Innsbruck
Dating Gedichte: From Reihungsstil to Free Verse
"A Bunch of Wildflowers": Trakl's Arrangement of Gedichte
"Musik im Mirabell"
"Im Herbst"
"Die Raben"
"Heiterer Frühling"
"Allerseelen"
"Romanze zur Nacht"
"Traum des Bösen"
"Winkel am Wald"
"Psalm"
"Verwandlung"
"In ein altes Stammbuch"
"Trompeten"
"Helian"
"An den Knaben Elis"
Characteristics of the Phase-Two and Early Phase-Three Poems
CHAPTER 3: SONGS FROM THE WRONG END OF HISTORY: SEBASTIAN IM TRAUM
Between Melancholy and Drunkenness: Composing Sebastian im Traum
Parallel Arrangements? Röck's Gedichte and Trakl's Sebastian im Traum
"Untergang"
"Der Herbst des Einsamen"
"Afra"
"Abend in Lans"
"Sebastian im Traum"
"Verwandlung des Bösen"
"Abendländisches Lied"
"Siebengesang des Todes"
"Gesang des Abgeschiedenen"
"Vorhölle"
Characteristics of the Middle and Late Phase-Three Poems
CHAPTER 4: REFLECTIONS OF AN UNHOLY AGE: "VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN IM BRENNER 1914/15"
The Final Months: Departures, Hopes, Catastrophes
"Das Herz"
"Die Nacht"
"Im Osten"
"Klage"
"Grodek"
Characteristics of the Phase-Four Poems
AFTERWORD
NOTES
WORKS CITED
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Millington Richard:
Richard Millington is Senior Lecturer in German at Victoria University of Wellington (Aotearoa New Zealand). He is the author of Snow from Broken Eyes: Cocaine in the Lives and Works of Three Expressionist Poets (2012).