Paul Celan & Leicester Kyle: The Zone & the Plateau

Paul Celan & Leicester Kyle: The Zone & the Plateau

Offers a poetic exposition on the works of European poet Paul Celan (1920-1970), then contemplates the effect, if any, that Leicester Kyle's poem 'The great Buller coal plateaux' and other related works may be having on New Zealanders' attitudes towards the environment, in light...

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Published in:Ka mate ka ora 2014-03, Vol.13 (13), p.54-71
Main Author: Ross, Jack
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
1900-1999
Celan, Paul
Coal mines and mining
ecocritical approach
German literature
Kyle, Leicester
New Zealand literature
Poetics
Poetry
Themes, motives
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Summary:Offers a poetic exposition on the works of European poet Paul Celan (1920-1970), then contemplates the effect, if any, that Leicester Kyle's poem 'The great Buller coal plateaux' and other related works may be having on New Zealanders' attitudes towards the environment, in light of the May 2013 announcement by Minister for Conservation Nick Smith that Australian company Bathurst Resources' bid to strip-mine a large tract of the Buller Plateaux had been approved. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
ISSN:1177-2182
1177-2182