Ludwig Strauss: An Approach to His Bilingual “Parallel Poems”

Julia Matveev

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2018

Ludwig Strauss: An Approach to His Bilingual “Parallel Poems”

Julia Matveev

Volume 93 in the series Conditio Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110590760

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This book is devoted to the study of the bilingual “parallel poems” of Ludwig Strauss (Aachen 1892 ˗ Jerusalem 1953) created between 1934 and 1952 in Palestine/Israel and which exist in two variants, a Hebrew and a German version, one of which is the original and the other a self-translation. The aim of this study is to compare the versions and their interpretation based on Strauss’s theoretical essays on poetry and translation, his political writings and works of literary criticism. Special attention is paid to Strauss’s concept (linked with the idea of messianic redemption) of poetry as a “fore-image” of a future true community of men and as “the earthly expression of the Absolute” directed at interpreting divine revelation and its “translation” into human language. In examining Strauss’s experiments with self-translation, by which he aimed at establishing a dialogue between languages, and between people and nations, this study considers the two processes of translation: from divine speech into human language and from one human language into another.

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Julia Matveev, The Joseph Carlebach Institute for Research into Religious Jewish Thought in Germany, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Strauss’S Politico-Religious Views Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. Poetry As A »Fore-Image« Of True Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. The Poem »To The Bay« And The Issue Of Translation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
5. Analysis Of The Poems »Morning Song« And »Twilight« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6. Commentary To »My Olive Branches« And »Under The Olive Tree« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Four Other »Parallel Poems« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
8. Concluding Remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Literary scholars with a focus on German-Jewish literature and Jewish thought.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Jüdische Literatur; Literaturtheorie; Bilingualität

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Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9783110590760

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Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9783110587500