Wittstock, Joachim: "Bogengang. Gedichte und lyrische Prosa."
Wittstock, Joachim: "Arcade. Poems and Lyrical Prose." Schiller Verlag. Bonn/Hermannstadt. 2025, 187 S.

Summary/Abstract: The anthology Bogengang. Gedichte und lyrische Prosa (Arcade. Poems and Lyrical Prose), published by the Schiller Publishing House in 2025, comprises texts from various volumes published in 1972, 1976, 1983, and 1988, supplemented by poems from magazine volumes from 1970 and 1985, as well as selected unpublished poems, providing a comprehensive overview of the authorʼs lyrical work. The themes of the poems are diverse, ranging from Transylvanian to imagined landscapes, implying the presence of human culture and referring to intertextual literary relationships. Joachim Wittstock experiments with various forms of poetry and stanzas, which document the authorʼs chiseling formalism. The Romanian-German author often used free verse and enjambement in his poems, which ensured a smooth transition from poetic to prosaic form.

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