To Duration

To Duration

Author	Peter Handke
Original title	Gedicht an die Dauer
Translator	Scott Abbott
Language	German
Publisher	Suhrkamp Verlag
Publication date	1986
Publication place	West Germany
Published in English	2015
Pages	54
ISBN	3518019309

To Duration (German : Gedicht an die Dauer) is a long poem by the Austrian writer Peter Handke, published as a book by Suhrkamp Verlag in 1986. It is about duration in relation to time, material things, locations and personal origin, combined with memories from a sailing trip along the Turkish coast, the longing for a home, relationships and exploration of the self. ^[1]

The poem is inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's writings about individuality and Henri Bergson's conception of duration in "Introduction to Metaphysics". ^{[1] [2]} It uses inner dialectic to engage in self-discovery through images of the past, their relation to the present, poetic intuition and self-awareness in the process of writing. ^[1]

The Last Books published To Duration in English interpretation by Scott Abbott in 2015. ^[3]

The poem is the central focus in Canto alla durata. Omaggio a Peter Handke, a 2017 documentary film about Handke directed by Didi Gnocchi  [ it ]. ^[4]

References

1. Renner, Rolf G. (2023). Peter Handke: Narrative Worlds – Pictorial Orders. Berlin: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 78–80. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05932-1. ISBN   978-3-476-05932-1.
2. Lamping, Dieter, ed. (2011). Handbuch Lyrik. Theorie, Analyse, Geschichte (in German). Stuttgart; Weimar: J.B. Metzler. pp. 143–144. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05316-9. ISBN   978-3-476-05316-9.
3. Baber, Phil (5 November 2015). "»Friend, You Have Time«: Two Books By Peter Handke". Schlosspost. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
4. Iadicicco, Alessandra (24 September 2017). "Peter Handke e il rossetto sulla pietra". La Lettura  [ it ] (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2025– via Corriere della Sera , 10 October 2019.

External links

• The Last Books
• Suhrkamp