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GERMANIC REVIEW
Volume 98, Issue 4, Pages 462-479Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00168890.2023.2260061
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Compound words; cultural communication; cultural memory; Death Fugue; new media; reception theory; song-lyrics
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This article provides an overview of the references to Paul Celan's vocabulary in various fields such as literature, music, and social media, highlighting the impact of his work in contemporary appropriations.
Paul Celan is present on the Internet not only where knowledge of his work might still be expected-in poetry, music, and visual art. Celan references can also be found in song lyrics and album titles of various bands, crime novels, and fantasy prose. He seems to provide users on Twitter and other social media the material for their account names, and companies not only in German-speaking countries use his poems for their names. This article provides an overview of these references that helps us understand the status of Celan's vocabulary in the context of current appropriations. A special focus of this essay is the role of references to his famous poem Todesfuge on political pages and in song lyrics.
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