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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.

The poem is inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's writings about individuality and Henri Bergson's conception of duration in "Introduction to Metaphysics". 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.

The Last Books published To Duration in English interpretation by Scott Abbott in 2015.

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.

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• Suhrkamp

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