Description
These selections from the esteemed career of Gottfried Benn?one of the most significant German poets of the 20th century?showcase his early, shockingly graphic depictions of human suffering and degradation, as well as the isolation and fragmentation of the human being adrift in a nihilistic world
About the Author
GOTTFRIED BENN (1886-1956) was born in Brandenburg. He practised as a doctor in wartime Germany. Although he initially welcomed the Nazis' accession to power, after 1934 he became a sharp critic of the Nazi government and was banned from publishing by the regime. His work was not fully appreciated until after his death. DAVID PAISEY was educated in Cardiff and London. He wrote a thesis on Benn's poems during his London University MA, in the course of which he met Benn in Berlin. He has written extensively on Anglo-German literature and history and been a German specialist at the British Library.
Book Information
ISBN 9781847771506
Author Gottfried Benn
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
About the Author
GOTTFRIED BENN (1886-1956) was born in Brandenburg. He practised as a doctor in wartime Germany. Although he initially welcomed the Nazis' accession to power, after 1934 he became a sharp critic of the Nazi government and was banned from publishing by the regime. His work was not fully appreciated until after his death. DAVID PAISEY was educated in Cardiff and London. He wrote a thesis on Benn's poems during his London University MA, in the course of which he met Benn in Berlin. He has written extensively on Anglo-German literature and history and been a German specialist at the British Library.
Book Information
ISBN 9781847771506
Author Gottfried Benn
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
