Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> European - General

Originally published in 1966, An Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry was the first bilingual anthology to feature the rich, spirited, and passionate Yiddish poetry of the twentieth century. Nearly thirty years after the original publication, the interest in Yiddish studies continues to grow, making this definitive collection all the more Significant as a study of influences and developments in Yiddish poetry.

Ruth Whitman has skillfully translated the diverse, lyric poetry of fourteen Eastern European-born poets, most of whom came to live in the United States. Of the twenty new poems...

Cyrano de Bergerac struck a responsive chord when first performed in 1897. Its unashamed glorification of panache, the heroic individualism of a bygone age allied to an unimpeachable ethical code, flattered and soothed a country shaken by war and financial scandals, and low in self-esteem.
With great empathy, the devout Rostand portrays a proud freethinker who, in a world where little can be cured and much has to be endured, is always equal to the situation, at least linguistically. This delicate balance between humour and pathos is an example of the rare genre of comedie...

Das Buch bietet eine gut lesbare und methodisch aktuelle Einfuhrung in die Heldendichtung der germanischsprachigen Literaturen des Mittelalters, von ihren Anfangen im 8. Jahrhundert bis zu ihrem Ausklang im 16. Jahrhundert. Im Gegensatz zu fruheren Einfuhrungen dieser Art wird hier nicht stoffgeschichtlich vorgegangen. Im Zentrum stehen vielmehr die Texte selbst, die nach chronologischen und geographischen Kriterien gruppiert und einzeln vorgestellt und besprochen werden. Es soll dadurch das sich wandelnde Interesse in den Vordergrund treten, dass man in je unterschiedlichen...

Joan M. Ferrante writes in the Introduction, "History tells us little of the medieval William of Orange, but legend tells us a great deal. From the legends grew the most extensive epic cycle of the Middle Ages."