German Poetry by Martin Swales

German Poetry by Martin Swales

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German Poetry by Martin Swales

This anthology of German poetry prints a representative section from the work of seventeen poets writing from the mid eighteenth century to the present. There are poems by Klopstock, Goethe, Schiller, H lderlin, Novalis, Brentano, Eichendorff, Heine, Droste-H lshoff, M rike, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Trakl, Benn, Brecht, Celan, and Enzensberger. The aim of the volume is to dispel whatever fears students may have about reading German poetry by suggesting that lyric poetry offers the most economical and enjoyable way of comprehending the range and variety of German literature over the past two hundred years. In his introduction Professor Swales discusses the nature of lyric poetry in general and then presents a brief historical survey of the themes and modes of German lyric poetry in this period. Notes are provided on individual poems, not with the aim of offering definitive interpretations, but in order to highlight points of theme and style and to facilitate class discussion.
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ISBN 13 9780521312646
ISBN 10 0521312647
Title German Poetry
Author Martin Swales
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1987-02-27
Number of pages 228
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