The Presence of God in the World

Detailed analyses of Karl Krolow's autobiographical poetry, 1945-1958. Among others: "Selbstbildnis 1945", "Niemand wird helfen" (1950), "Robinson I-III" (1958). To ascertain the foreign influence, poems of the fifties are compared to French poems of similar theme, Krolow had translated. Example: Reverdy's "Monsieur X".Marked differences in content and analytical methods: Sole focus on Krolow's autobiographical poetry, 1945-1958. Detailed interpretations of the same. Comparison with relevant French poems. By contrast: A. Rümmler, Die Entwicklung der Metaphorik in der Lyrik Karl Krolows (1942-1962) (Lang, 1972) and unpublished dissertation of T. Drevikovsky.