The disappearance of fury: H. M. Enzensberger's diplomatic poetry of the 1990s. From: The Germanic Review | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Grimm, Erk | COPYRIGHT 2002 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Shortly after the fall of the wall, Hans Magnus Enzensberger published a new collection of poems with the ambiguous title Zukunftsmusik (1991). The volume responds rather ironically to the government's promises and the optimism of Germans at the time of unification. Zukunftsmusik marked the beginning of a prolific poetic production throughout the entire decade, including volumes such as Kiosk (1995) and Leichter als Luft (1999). After a hiatus of more than ten years, the poet seeme...