Premises Essays on Philosophy from Kant to Celan |
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| Author:
| Hamacher, Werner |
| Translator:
| Fenves, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-70073-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $174.95 |
Book Description:
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"Poetry does not impose, it exposes itself," wrote Paul Celan. Werner Hamacher's investigations into crucial texts of philosophical and literary modernity show that Celan's apothegm is also valid for the structure of understanding and for language in general.
"Poetry does not impose, it exposes itself," wrote Paul Celan. Werner Hamacher's investigations into crucial texts of philosophical and literary modernity show that Celan's apothegm is also valid for the structure of understanding and for language in general.