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Twenty-Five German Poets: A Bilingual Collection

Twenty-Five German Poets: A Bilingual Collection

Kaufmann, Walter
Kaufmann, Walter Arnold

Paperback

Series: Norton Library (Paperback)

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0393007715
ISBN13: 9780393007718
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Sep 1 1976
Pages: 348
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

The book spans three centuries--opening with Angelus Silesius, Klopstock, Claudius, Goethe, and Schiller, and ending with Brecht and Böll--but it has considerable continuity. The prefaces for each of the twenty-five poets integrate the selections into a story, and often poems by different writers invite comparison. For example, almost all of the poets express an attitude toward death. Not only would many discussions of death be better if the authors had some inkling of the great variety of attitudes illustrated here, but one can also gain a better understanding of a poet's experience of life by comparing his attitude toward death with that of some other poets. The book should contribute to a better understanding of some of these twenty-five poets, of German literature, of intellectual history, and of some of the themes with which these poets deal.

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