The Poetry of Gottfried Benn: Text and Selfhood

By: Travers, Martin

This book is the first comprehensive study of Gottfried Benn's poetry to appear in English. It covers the entirety of Benn's verse, from his early Morgue cycle (1912) and Expressionist poems through to the anthropological poetry of his middle period to the postmodern Phase II work after the Second World War. Against the background of the poet's theoretical writings, this study, drawing upon the classic texts of Benn scholarship, analyzes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039105779
• ISBN13: 9783039105779
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.7"