Poetic Process

Georg Trakl (18871914) has emerged as one of the most influential poets of the century. Kudszus both explores and participates in the relentless process of Trakls writing. Presumptions of objectivity, authority, dialogue, and coherence are questioned in a discourse that also involves Martin Heideggers philosophical reflections on Trakl, C. G. Jungs self-analytical reading of James Joyces Ulysses, and the Bluebeard tale as related by Charles Perrault. Faithful to its title, Poetic Process activates key issues of twentieth-century poetryterror, pain, madness, imagination unboundthrough a dynamically self-reflective inquiry. Under the impact of the poetic text, this investigation engages in a continuous refinement and transformation of its own critical stance. Poetic Process draws on the ability of poetry to explore uncharted realms of the human condition. The result is a contribution to the knowledge of poetic language and effects.