Twombly's Roses

Authors

  • Thomas Schestag

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.5.0.3236

Abstract

Following a studied detour through C. G. Jung, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, and particularly R. M. Rilke, this essay tracks the lineage along which Cy Twombly, like a child, is “drawn to paint.”

Author Biography

Thomas Schestag

Thomas Schestag is Professor or German at Brown University. His most recent publications include Realabsenz, Schatten: Flauberts Erziehung: zur Éducation sentimentale; mit einem Anhang: sensus tacitus (Berlin: August Verlag, 2011) and Lesen - Sprechen - Schreiben (Kritzeln)(Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2014).

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Published

2013-06-26

How to Cite

Schestag, T. (2013). Twombly’s Roses. Konturen, 5, 59–84. https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/konturen.5.0.3236