Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grunbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "The Best Refuge was a Closed Mouth." This work introduces Germany's most acclaimed poet to English readers.
Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grunbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "T...
Kully knows some things you don't learn at school. She knows the right way to roll a cigarette and pack a suitcase. She knows that cars are more dangerous than lions. She knows you can't enter a country without a passport or visa. And she knows that she and her parents can't go back to Germany again - her father's books are banned there. But there are also things she doesn't understand, like why there might be a war in Europe - just that there are men named Hitler, Mussolini and Chamberlain involved. Little Kully is far more interested where their next meal will come from and the ladies who...
Kully knows some things you don't learn at school. She knows the right way to roll a cigarette and pack a suitcase. She knows that cars are more dange...
In exemplarischen Einzelanalysen zeigt der Autor, daß die versepischen Texte Christoph Martin Wielands aus verschiedenen Phasen seines Schaffens als Beiträge zur literarischen Aufklärung zu verstehen sind. Dieser geht es im literarischen Medium um eine selbstkritische Reflexion des Anspruchs aufklärerischer Rationalität und der Stellung des Subjekts in einer sich modernisierenden Welt. Während das emfindsam beeinflußte Frühwerk Wielands durch eine ästhetische Funktionalisierung religiöser Bilder gekennzeichnet ist, bietet die Versepik der Zeit nach 1760 eine komisch-kritische...
In exemplarischen Einzelanalysen zeigt der Autor, daß die versepischen Texte Christoph Martin Wielands aus verschiedenen Phasen seines Schaffens als ...
Approaching his sixtieth birthday, the poet explores where he finds himself, geographically and in life, treating with wit and compassion such universal themes as ageing and memory, place, and the difficulty for the individual to exist at all in an ever bigger and more bestial world.
Approaching his sixtieth birthday, the poet explores where he finds himself, geographically and in life, treating with wit and compassion such univers...
