Tierische Träume - Lektüren zu Gertrud Kolmars Gedichtband ?Die Frau und die Tiere?

The last book published by the Jewish author Gertrud Kolmar (1894-1943?) during her lifetime was 'Die Frau und die Tiere' (1938). Shortly after its publication, this collection of poems fell foul of the Nazis' November pogroms. The study is devoted to this one volume and eschews a historical/biographical approach, concentrating instead on the question of where Kolmar's poems stand in terms of literary tradition. The poetological interpretations advanced here also point up the intertextual dimensions of Kolmar's work.