Citation

Vogt R. Psyche (E Klett) 2000; 54(9-10): 1038-1063.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Ernst Klett Verlag)

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Abstract

Looking at Celan's poems from a psychodynamic perspective and trying to fathom the meaning of the poet's early death: the author is fully aware both of the hazards of what he is about and of his motive in doing so, namely that of establishing an empathic rapport with the poet. Using a reconstruction of Celan's biography and drawing both on Keilson's theory of sequential traumatization and the close reading of selected poems, the author identifies psychodynamically significant aspects in the career and the personality of Paul Celan which, tentatively at least, may furnish some explanation for his suicide.

Language: en

Keywords

human; personality; psychoanalysis; review; risk factor; suicide