What is it about?
On the pages of W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn the reader can traverse a route in East Anglia, with digressions in various directions of culture history. The journey in the concrete physical space turns into an inner journey, into a spiritual pilgrimage.
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Why is it important?
W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn (Die Ringe des Saturn: Eine englische Wallfahrt, 1995) is a unique literary achievement deeply embedded into the history of literature, culture and the arts, which can be best construed from the perspective of melancholy.
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This page is a summary of: A Melancholy Journey through Landscapes of Transience, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/ausp-2015-0036.
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