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The book features a collection of essays exploring various aspects of poetry and language. U. Degner and M. Wörgötter introduce the themes, while U. Stadler examines Kafka's secret poetics, highlighting the act of writing as a delicate balance. C. König discusses the use of idiomatic expressions in Paul Valéry's French within Rilke's later German poems. E. Mengaldo analyzes semantic coding and syntactic ambiguity in modern lyricism, focusing on Georg Trakl's encryption methods. F. Christen reflects on the logics of meaning and writing in Trakl's later works. B.-M. Schuster investigates the emergence of a private language in Kurt Schwitters’ lyrical creations. E.-M. Thüne delves into intertextual and semiotic references in Unica Zürn's anagrams. I. Fussl explores the concept of "distant understanding" through the lens of Paul Celan's secret and private language in poetry. H. Höller discusses the poetics of secret language in Ingeborg Bachmann's work. N. C. Wolf addresses the language of madness in the works of Ernst Herbeck, Heinar Kipphardt, and W. G. Sebald. U. Fix examines indirect writing as a means of politically resistant lyricism. M. Wörgötter reflects on the challenges of understanding Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer's secret language. F. Sedlmeier considers art as an allegorical secret language in Don DeLillo's "Falling Man." E. Prak-Derrington discusses repetition in Herta Müller's "Atemschaukel," while C. Peck and C. Spie