pindar, klopstock, whitman, rilke, eliot, ginsberg, brinkmann. it is to this tradition that hintze’s book die goldene flut (‘the golden flood’) belongs. what gives these poems their charm and quality is not some meaning that one can confidently take home. the fascination lies in its uniqueness in a contemporary scene where poets are so cheerful, humane and easy to imitate. the impenetrability of the ideas, the difficulty of interpreting the meaning, the sound of the words, the sheen on the surface of things, the madness of experiment in writing a hymn right here and now.
pindar, klopstock, whitman, rilke, eliot, ginsberg, brinkmann. it is to this tradition that hintze’s book die goldene flut (‘the golden flood’) belongs. what gives these poems their charm and quality is not some meaning that one can confidently take home. the fascination lies in its uniqueness in a contemporary scene where poets are so cheerful, humane and easy to imitate. the impenetrability of the ideas, the difficulty of interpreting the meaning, the sound of the words, the sheen on the surface of things, the madness of experiment in writing a hymn right here and now.
stuttgarter zeitung, germany, 18.6.1988