Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-325) and index
Introduction : Facing the Holocaust -- Specular disruptions--the sublime, the uncanny, and empathic identification -- Catastrophe and the uncanny in Heidegger's fetishized narrative -- Broken meridians--from Heidegger's Pathway to Celan's Judengasse -- Celan's cinematic--anxiety of the gaze in Nuit et Brouillard and "Engführung" -- Re-figuring Celan in the paintings of Anselm Kiefer -- Ghostly demarcations--translating Paul Celan's poetics in Daniel Libeskind's architectural space -- Conclusion : Mnemosyne and the ruins of history