German Verse from the 12th to the 20th Century in English Translation

German Verse from the 12th to the 20th Century in English Translation
Author: J. W. Thomas
Publisher: University of North Carolina S
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-05
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780807880449

This anthology presents in English verse translation a selection of the best of German poetry, together with discussions of the chief authors and literary periods and brief explications of the individual poems. Taking the reader from the Minnesingers' songs of courtly love to Goethe and Rilke, this volume gives an excellent introduction to eight centuries of German poetry.

Great German Poems of the Romantic Era

Great German Poems of the Romantic Era
Author: Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-06-20
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0486120384

Over 130 poems by 23 poets, including Goethe, Schiller, Holderlin, Tieck, Heine, Nietzsche, many others. New literal English translations on facing pages. Introduction.

103 Great Poems

103 Great Poems
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0486120562

Exceptionally fine poetry by Germany's greatest literary figure, from his earliest, "An den Schlaf" ("To Sleep"), written when he was 18, to his last great poem, "Verdächtnis" ("Legacy"), written when he was 80.

Short Stories in German

Short Stories in German
Author: Ernst Zillekens
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2003-09-25
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 014196653X

This new volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature in the original, with the aid of parallel translations. The majority of these stories have been written in the past decade, and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0834843676

A fresh perspective on a beloved classic by acclaimed translators Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875–1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured by readers for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers. With a new introduction and commentary, this edition places the letters in the context of today’s world and the unique challenges we face when seeking authenticity.

Selected Poems and Fragments

Selected Poems and Fragments
Author: Friedrich Hölderlin
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2007-02-22
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0141962186

Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is now recognized as one of Europe’s supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology and history, from mythological times to the discovery of America and his own era. The ’Canticles of Night’, by contrast, include enigmatic fragments in an unprecedented style, which anticipates the Symbolists and Surrealists. Together the works collected here show Hölderlin’s use of Classical and Christian imagery and his exploration of cosmology and history in an attempt to find meaning in an uncertain world.

Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines

Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines
Author: Edward Ziegler Davis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752318309

Reproduction of the original: Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines by Edward Ziegler Davis

The Faber Book of 20th Century German Poems

The Faber Book of 20th Century German Poems
Author: Michael Hofmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2005
Genre: German poetry
ISBN: 9780571197033

Rilke, Sachs, Brecht, Celan: German has produced some of the giants of 20th century European poetry. In this new selection, complete with many new translations, Michael Hofmann guides us through the poems, poets and themes of German verse. Meticulously researched but eminently approachable, The Faber Book of Twentieth Century German Poems is an essential new addition to any poetry bookshelf.'Michael Hofmann has a skeptical intelligence, an observant eye, a compulsion to speak the unspeakable, and the useful wariness of the displaced person.' Helen Vendler, New York Review of Books'It is probably impossible to produce poetry of this quality that is tuned more precisely to the timbre of the present than Michael Hofmann's. Rapture is the only adequate response.' Geoff Dyer, Guardian