The Mask in Verse. Imaginary Poets and Their Autobiographical Poetry (Jan Wagner, Die Eulenhasser in den Hallenhäusern)

This article examines German poet Jan Wagner’s Die Eulenhasser in den Hallenhäusern [The Owl Haters in the Hall Houses] (2012) and the effects of fictional authorship with respect to autobiographical poetry. Wagner's fiction of three poets—their lives and their poems—proves to be an artfully am...

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Main Author: Jutta Müller-Tamm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2021-07-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/37637