Poet of Expressionist Berlin: The Life and Work of Georg HeymAn account of one of the leading poets of early (pre-World War I) German 20th century literature. This is a biography and a critical study, which also works as an introduction to the early modern German literary scene, in particular the literary life and letters of pre-1914 Berlin. Heym is recognized as one of the great European big-city poets, in the tradition of Baudelaire. Over 40 of his poems are quoted in full in the book, in their German original with accompanying English prose translations, put in context and discussed. Heym was in many ways an ideal representative type of German literary Expressionism: a rebel against his authoritarian and conservative family and background. |
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... diary on 11 July 1906 : ' So Zarathustra's downfall has begun . ' His final school report put it much more drily in ... entry in May 1907 refers to ' Hölderlin , Nietzsche , Merezhkovsky , Grabbe , the heroes of my youth ' ( T 86 ) ; it is ...
... diary on 11 July 1906 : ' So Zarathustra's downfall has begun . ' His final school report put it much more drily in ... entry in May 1907 refers to ' Hölderlin , Nietzsche , Merezhkovsky , Grabbe , the heroes of my youth ' ( T 86 ) ; it is ...
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... diary throughout 1905. In his last diary entry for 1905 Heym is still quoting Dehmel , again with obvious reference to himself : ' Greif zu und iẞ , dann dulde ' ( " Take what you want , consume it , and then suffer in silence ' ) is a ...
... diary throughout 1905. In his last diary entry for 1905 Heym is still quoting Dehmel , again with obvious reference to himself : ' Greif zu und iẞ , dann dulde ' ( " Take what you want , consume it , and then suffer in silence ' ) is a ...
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... diary entry on the subject shows that after years of panting for fame , he had suddenly realized that what matters is not the applause of the unknowing , but his own awareness of a piece well written : At a Neo - Pathetisches Cabaret ...
... diary entry on the subject shows that after years of panting for fame , he had suddenly realized that what matters is not the applause of the unknowing , but his own awareness of a piece well written : At a Neo - Pathetisches Cabaret ...
Contents
ROMANTIC HERO | 33 |
EARLY POETRY AND DRAMA | 59 |
LIFE AND DEATH 19101912 | 99 |
Copyright | |
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