German 20th Century Poetry [Paperback]

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 Mayr?cker, Rainer Maria Rilke, Nelly Sachs, and many others.

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 (1917-196lƒÀ