Stratigraphic Soundings: a Genetic Approach to the German Poet Thomas Kling

• Autores: Gabriele Wix
• Localización: Variants, ISSN 1573-3084, Nº. 12-13, 2016, págs. 125-147
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Using the genesis of the Manhattan poems by the German poet Thomas Kling (1957-2005) as a case study, this article uses the metaphor “stratigraphic soundings” as a means to characterize a writing process which is not based on variants or “réécriture”, but on language installations. Findings in Kling’s archive testify to the poet’s role as an archaeologist of language; they also shape the role of the editor who likewise undertakes test drillings into a poetry of “supersedimented textuality” and “bottomless stratigraphy” (Jacques Derrida).