caa a22 4500 606172599 CHVBK 20210128100729.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11059-015-0306-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11059-015-0306-9 Koplowitz-Breier Anat Comparative Literature Department, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat-Gan, Israel aut Biblical/modern intergenerational conflict: four modern German poets on "Abishag the Shunammite” [Elektronische Daten] [Anat Koplowitz-Breier] In this article, I would like to focus on four poems written with almost the same background: the German world at the beginning of the twentieth century. An additional factor connecting the four poems is their biblical theme: Abisag of Sunem. The poems are ‘Abisag von Sunem' (by Agnes Miegel); ‘David und Abisag' (Erstes Buch der Könige, Kapitel 1.1-4)' by Franz Theodor Csokor; ‘Abisag' by R.M. Rilke; and ‘Abisag' by Hedwig Caspari. Each poem presents a new reading of the biblical text. Furthermore, my interpretation will demonstrate that this group of poems can be read as referring to two subjects: the generation gap and the lack of communication as its consequence. The use of the biblical story of King David and Abisag and its end with Solomon's murder of Adonijah is employed as a key that allows a variety of interpretations of the diverse approaches to the general themes which concerned the writers at the beginning of the twentieth century. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2015 Poetry nationallicence Twentieth century nationallicence Abisag of Sunem nationallicence Agnes Miegel nationallicence Franz Theodor Csokor nationallicence R.M. Rilke nationallicence Hedwig Caspari nationallicence Neohelicon Springer Netherlands 42/2(2015-12-01), 585-602 0324-4652 42:2<585 2015 42 11059 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-015-0306-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-015-0306-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Koplowitz-Breier Anat Comparative Literature Department, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat-Gan, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neohelicon Springer Netherlands 42/2(2015-12-01), 585-602 0324-4652 42:2<585 2015 42 11059