Heinrich Heine’s body of work has a persistent if eccentric relationship to literary history and literary identity that is most markedly revealed in his late writings. Religion, history, and philosophy emphasize the literary nature of poems like Vitzliputzli and Jehuda Ben Halevy such that stories, anecdotes, myths, legends, and songs rise to the level of a critical poetics. This panel will explore Heine’s oeuvre as a way to engage with him as a philological writer. Papers that offer examples where Heine writes poetry and prose steeped in literary historical reflection and reimagining are welcome. 

Please send 250-word abstracts to Alicia E Ellis (aeellis@colby.edu) bu March 31, 2024.

Contact Information:

Willi Goetschel, U of Toronto
w.goetschel@utoronto.ca