German 20th Century Poetry
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
German 20th Century Poetry
By (Author) Reinhold Grimm
Edited by Irmgard Hunt
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st May 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
831.9108
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
386g
Description
This collection features a cogent introduction and includes representative poems by some 60 modern poets, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Gottfried Benn, Berthold Brecht, Paul Celan, Gnnter Eich, Gnnter Grass, Georg Heym, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Franz Kafka, Gnnter Kunert, Gertrud Kolmar, Friederike Mayrcker, Rainer Maria Rilke, Nelly Sachs, and many others.
Reviews
"As one would expect, the quality of the translations is universally of the highest order....there is no uniformity of style, technique, or methodology. This is, I think, one of the collection's strong points." --Trans-Lit, Summer & Winter 2002
Author Bio
Reinhold Grimm is on the board of The Germany Library and lives in Riverside, CA. Irmgard Hunt is a poet and teaches at Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
