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11 janvier 2013
- handle: 10670/1.59svhm
- isbn: 9781906924577
- eisbn: 9781906924584
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Göran Printz-Påhlson, « Part Nine. The Tradition of Contemporary Swedish Poetry », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.59svhm
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1 ‘…and what are poets for in a destitute time?’ was a question asked by Hölderlin in a famous elegy, a question which prompted one of Heidegger’s most penetrating late essays. Wozu Dichter [‘why poetry?’] is a question of perennial importance. ‘What are poets for in an affluent land?’ might be suggested as a possible emendation, perhaps more pertinent to our times and our culture, and in particular to a country like Sweden which has for many years suffered from a reputation (albeit largely u...