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Collected Poems (Paperback)
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Collected Poems (Paperback)
Series: German List
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Loot Price R498
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The work of poet Georg Trakl, a leading Austrian-German
expressionist, has been praised by many, including his
contemporaries Rainer Maria Rilke and Else Lasker-Schüler, as well
as his patron Ludwig Wittgenstein, who famously wrote that while he
did not truly understand Trakl’s poems, they had the tone of a
“truly ingenious person,” which pleased him. This difficulty in
understanding Trakl’s poems is not unique. Since the first
publication of his work in 1913, there has been endless discussion
about how the verses should be understood, leading to controversies
over the most accurate way to translate them. In a refreshing
contrast to previous translated collections of Trakl’s work,
James Reidel is mindful of how the poet himself wished to be read,
emphasizing the order and content of the verses to achieve a
musical effect. Trakl’s verses were also marked by allegiance to
both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a fact which Reidel
honors with impressive research into the historicity of the
poet’s language. Collected Poems gathers Trakl’s early, middle,
and late work, ranging widely, from his haunting prose pieces to
his darkly beautiful poems documenting the first bloody weeks of
World War I on the Eastern Front.
General
Imprint: |
Seagull Books London Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
German List |
Release date: |
September 2019 |
Authors: |
Georg Trakl
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Translators: |
James Reidel
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
472 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-85742-706-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-85742-706-7 |
Barcode: |
9780857427069 |
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