German 20th Century Poetry / Edition 1

by Reinhold Grimm, Irmgard Hunt

Overview

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 MayrÁ-cker, Rainer Maria Rilke, Nelly Sachs, and many others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826413123
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Series:	German Library , #69
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note: Reinhold Grimm and Irmgard Hunt
 
ARNO HOLZ (1863-1929)
 
RICHARD DEHMEL (1863-1920)
 
FRANK WEDEKIND (1864-1918)
 
MAX DAUTHENDEY (1867-1918)
 
STEFAN GEORGE (1868-1933)
 
ELSE LASKER-SCHULER (1869-1945)
 
HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL (1874-1929)
 
AUGUST STRAMM (1874-1915)
 
RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875-1926)
 
FRANZ KAFKA (1883-1924)
 
ERNST STADLER (1883-1914)
 
OSKAR LOERKE (1884-1941)
 
GOTTFRIED BENN (1886-1956)
 
GEORG TRAKL (1887-1914)
 
JAKOB VAN HODDIS (a.k.a. HANS DAVIDSOHN) (1887-1942)
 
HANS ARP (1887-1966)
 
GEORG HEYM (1887-1912)
 
ALFRED LICHTENSTEIN (1889-1914)
 
FRANZ WERFEL (1890-1945)
 
YVAN GOLL (1891-1950)
 
NELLY SACHS (1891-1970)
 
GERTRUD KOLMAR (1894-1943)
 
BERTOLT BRECHT (1898-1956)
 
ELISABETH LANGGASSER (1899-1950)
 
MARIE LUISE KASCHNITZ (1901-1974)
 
ROSE AUSLANDER (1901-1988)
 
HANS SAHL (1902-1993)
 
PETER HUCHEL (1903-1981)
 
GUNTER EICH (1907-1972)
 
ERNST MEISTER (1911-1979)
 
HILDE DOMIN (1912- )
 
KARL KROLOW (1915-1999)
 
JOHANNES BOBROWSKI (1917-1965)
 
PAUL CELAN (1920-1970)
 
ERICH FRIED (1921-1988)
 
HELMUT HEISSENBUTTEL (1921-1996)
 
ILSE AICHINGER (1921- )
 
WALTER HOLLERER (1922- )
 
FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKER (1924- )
 
MARGOT SCHARPENBERG (1924- )
 
EUGEN GOMRINGER (1925- )
 
WOLFGANG BACHLER (1925- )
 
ERNST JANDL (1925-2000)
 
INGEBORG BACHMANN (1926-1973)
 
GUNTER GRASS (1927- )
 
HEINER MULLER (1929-1995)
 
GUNTER KUNERT (1929- )
 
WALTER HELMUT FRITZ (1929- )
 
CYRUS ATABAY (1929-1996)
 
PETER RUHMKORF (1929- )
 
HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBERGER (1929- )
 
JURGEN BECKER (1932- )
 
REINER KUNZE (1933- )
 
CHRISTOPH MECKEL (1935- )
 
SARAH KIRSCH (1935- )
 
HELGA NOVAK (1935- )
 
VOLKER BRAUN (1939- )
 
ROLF DIETER BRINKMANN (1940-1975)
 
IRMGARD ELSNER HUNT (1944- )
 
URSULA KRECHEL (1947- )
 
FRIEDERIKE ROTH (1948- )
 
HOLGER TESCHKE (1958- )
 
DURS GRUNBEIN (1962- )
 
Index of Authors
 
Index of Translators
 
Index of Titles or First Lines

Editorial 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

From the Publisher

Although there are several solid bilingual anthologies of 20th-century German poetry, the German-speaking countries have witnessed such a staggering excess of lyrical expression over the past century that there is still room for a new angle. Alas, not this one. Part of Continuum's "German Library" series, this unfocused anthology contributes little to the still-growing field. Besides lacking an introduction that provides an overview of the various literary movements, it offers an aloof preface, terse both in content and length. The choice of poems, too, is rather predictable even if many have been newly translated by the editors themselves. German scholar Grimm and poet Hunt have organized the anthology chronologically, according to the poets' birth dates, but have not included the publication year of the poems. It is thus difficult for all but their fellow scholars to contemplate the historical context in which they were written. They have also purposefully excluded all Nazi and Stalinist poetry, arguing that "those products are of poor aesthetic quality." By excluding the poetry of a key epoch in Europe's history, the editors have failed to make a distinction between an opinion and the quality of an artistic expression and have assembled an anthology that misrepresents a century diverse in both. Finally, although the anthology highlights the second half of the 20th century, there is not a single vital poem here that was not included, and masterfully translated, in Charlotte Melin's better- structured German Poetry in Transition, 1945-1990 (LJ 2/15/00). Recommended for large academic libraries only. Mirela Roncevic, "Library Journal" Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

This bilingual collection, which includes some 60 modern poets, highlights the richness of 20th-century German-language lyricism. Poets are represented chronologically rather than grouped in schools or movements. Nazi and Stalinist poetry has been excluded. This collection complements (The German Library v.39) and (The German Library v.53). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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