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Beautiful. Disturbing. Expressionism 101. Trackl's personal history is hard to ignore, but still, the poet taps into the whole Fin de siècle thing, which expands his voice in a way he probably never anticipated. His influence on Kafka and Celan are obvious. If you've seen Nosferatu, or The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, or Vampyre, you'll know what I mean. Atmosphere and mood dominate. A brown hill with a distant cross, blasted trees, dark forests, monks, an important sister figure, the ghost of a chi
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