Cambridge Introduction to German Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Judith Ryan is Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Klappentext Exploring traditional poems alongside new examples, this Introduction conveys the rich rewards that come with reading German poetry. "For all who enjoy the pleasures of German poetry, Ryan's book is highly recommended for its scholarship and its practicality." -R. C. Conard, Choice Zusammenfassung This Introduction is designed for students of German poetry and their teachers. Covering both familiar poems and new examples! it presents an up-to-date panorama of what the German poetic tradition has to offer. Focusing on key issues! it helps readers understand the poetic texts in their cultural contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Exploring the poem; 2. Poetic roles in early song-lyrics; 3. Devotional poetry; 4. The rhetoric of passion; 5. Classical Antiquity and modern experience; 6. Romantic poetry and the problem of lyric unity; 7. The self and the senses; 8. Modernism and difficulty; 9. Poetry after Auschwitz; 10. The strain of political poetry; Working on the text; Writing up your close reading; German metrics; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Ryan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780521867665
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86766-5
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, german, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets