Literary tradition sees nature as a timeless value, an "eternal landscape". If one applies this formula by Alfred Margul-Sperber to Bucovina, it is possible to discover tendencies which run counter to the poetical evocation of this "sunken landscape". Using some typical examples (Rosenkranz, Celan, Ausländer), this paper shows the different incidences of the historical catastrophe of war on
... [Show full abstract] emotional reactions to and evocations of nature in the poetry of Bucovina. It focuses especially on Rose Ausländer and her original way of dealing with poetic motifs of the 50s.