In the following excerpt, the reviewer points out the singular appeal of Trakl's abstract poetry, commenting also on Bly's and Wright's translations.
George Trakl died young, a...
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The following essay explores modes common to much of Trakl's verse: its reflexivity, revisionism, and its many "mirror motifs."
In meiner Seele dunklem SpiegelSind Bilder nieg...
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In the following favorable review, Enright attempts to position Trakl within a particular school of poetry, at times comparing him to Holderlin.
Georg Trakl, an Austrian, died in 1914, at the age o...
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In the following essay, Hamburger follows the "microcosm" of Trakl's verse vis-a-vis the poet's life.
Of all the early Expressionists, Trakl was the least rhetorical and...
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In the following excerpt, Fiedler shows how specific rhetorical patterns used by Holderlin were developed in Trakl's work as it matured; he asserts that the latter poet was "modern...
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In the following excerpt, Iraki's brief body of work is examined by way of his problematic metaphors, the absence of the poetic self, and his poetic vision.
Georg Trakl … is considere...
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The following excerpt analyzes Trakl's work from its perspective on war, highlighting its Kafkaesque images and techniques while citing "Kafka's verdict, that Trakl had too much i...
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Trakl's fevered, Christian mysticism is discussed in the following excerpt.
Baudelaire said that Chopin's music was "like a bird of bright plumage fluttering over the horrors o...
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In the following excerpt, Foster compares Simko's translation with that of Firmage, noting the task is to "find the poem before it is set in language. "
Rilke thought Trakl�...
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In the following excerpt, the author compares Rimbaud's and Trakl's alienation from the city and God in their work.
It is unclear just when and under what circumstances Georg Trakl fi...
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Critical Review by Theodore Holmes
