Songs on the Death of Children - Selected Poems from Kindertotenlieder

German poet Friedrich Ruckert's (1788-1866) youngest children died of scarlet fever, the pandemic of his age. Over a six month period in 1834, he wrote hundreds of laments that were published posthumously in the classic poetry collection Kindertotenlieder.
Here in English for the first time, these evocative modern translations by a fellow bereaved father reveal "an honest grappling with grief" (The Christian Century). Each poem is accompanied by insights into the bereaved, along with personal anecdotes, historical and cultural information, the latest research on grief, and discussions of literary and biblical allusions.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Cornelia Kallisch

Overture

Songs on the Death of Children

deleteSupplemental Poems

Coda

Abbreviations

Translator Notes

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index of First Lines in English and German (from Songs on the Death of Children)

Index of First Lines and Authors (Not Part of Songs on the Death of Children)

Index of Bible Verses

Index

About the author

David Bannon taught college for many years, has appeared on The Discovery Channel, A&E and The History Channel and has been interviewed by NPR, Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Chester, South Carolina.

Summary

German poet Friedrich Ruckert’s youngest children died of scarlet fever. Over six months in 1834, he wrote hundreds of laments that were published posthumously in the classic poetry collection, Kindertotenlieder. Here in English for the first time, these evocative modern translations reveal ‘an honest grappling with grief’.

Product details

• Authors: David Bannon, Friedrich Ruckert, Friedrich Rückert
• Assisted by: David Bannon (Editor), David Bannon (Translation), Bannon David (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781476690421
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9042-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Germany, c 1800 to c 1900, Coping with death & bereavement, Poetry by individual poets, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, c 1830 to c 1839, POETRY / European / German, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Poetry / poems by individual poets, Classic poetry / poems, grief poems