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13%OFFBertolt Brecht - Love Poems - 9780871408563 - V9780871408563
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Love Poems

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Description for Love Poems Hardcover. An historic publication in which the legendary German poet and dramatist emerges, quite like Goethe, as a poet driven by Eros. Translator(s): Constantine, David; Kuhn, Tom. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Even in Germany, the scope and force of Bertolt Brecht’s poetry did not become apparent until long after his death and today, many of his more than 2,000 poems have never appeared in English. Love Poems, the first volume in a monumental undertaking by David Constantine and Tom Kuhn to translate his poetic legacy into English, positions Brecht not only as one of the most famous playwrights of the twentieth century but also as a fiercely creative twentieth-century poet, one of the best in German literature. With a foreword by his daughter; Love Poems features 78 astonishing and deeply personal ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liveright
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871408563
SKU
V9780871408563
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About Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theater director. In those capacities, and also as a polemical essayist, he contributed powerfully to the chief literary and political debates of his day, and lastingly influenced theatrical theory and practice. He left more than 2,000 poems, assuring him a place among the very best lyric poets of Germany. David Constantine ... Read more

Reviews for Love Poems
"Not a title that would immediately spring to mind in relation to Brecht but, as these translations by David Constantine and Tom Kuhn show, Germany's most innovative dramatist was also a gifted lyrical poet, full of passion and insight…"
Belfast Telegraph

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