Event Title

“Das Dennoch jedes Buchstabens”: Hilde Domin’s Writing and Resistance

Presenter Information

Emily Wilkerson, Oberlin College

Location

Science Center, A142

Document Type

Presentation

Start Date

4-24-2015 1:30 PM

End Date

4-24-2015 2:30 PM

Abstract

Much of the scholarship on the German Jewish poet Hilde Domin has focused on her biography, as she spent 22 years in exile, first in Italy, then England, and finally the Dominican Republic. Upon returning home, Domin became one of the most celebrated living writers in Germany, and there is still much work to be done in terms of critical analysis of her writing. This project explores Domin’s conception of resistance as expressed in her lyric poetry. Ultimately it seeks to bring a poet often described as being “Außerhalb jeder Regel” (outside of every rule), into the discourse of world literature.

Notes

Session 1, Panel 6 - Studies in Engagement, Resistance, and Agency
Moderator: Elizabeth Hamilton, Associate Professor of German Language and Literatures

Major

Comparative Literature; German Literature

Advisor(s)

Elizabeth Hamilton, German

Project Mentor(s)

Elizabeth Hamilton, German

April 2015

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“Das Dennoch jedes Buchstabens”: Hilde Domin’s Writing and Resistance

Science Center, A142

Much of the scholarship on the German Jewish poet Hilde Domin has focused on her biography, as she spent 22 years in exile, first in Italy, then England, and finally the Dominican Republic. Upon returning home, Domin became one of the most celebrated living writers in Germany, and there is still much work to be done in terms of critical analysis of her writing. This project explores Domin’s conception of resistance as expressed in her lyric poetry. Ultimately it seeks to bring a poet often described as being “Außerhalb jeder Regel” (outside of every rule), into the discourse of world literature.