From Austrian and German Poetry
Genre: Poetry
FROM AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN POETRY
A collection of translations covering the development of German-language poetry from the Middle Ages to the 20th century—from the Minnesang of Walther von der Vogelweide to the traumatic lyricism of Paul Celan—reflecting the major aesthetic and historical stages of European culture.
Authors:
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230)
German folk ballads (18th–19th centuries)
Paul Fleming (1609–1640)
Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664)
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (c. 1622–1676)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874)
Richard Dehmel (1863–1920)
Franz Werfel (1890–1945)
Paul Celan (1920–1970)