German Poetry from 1750 to 1900: Goethe Holderlin Nietzsche and others (German Library)

About this book

This anthology of German verse in English translation covers a period that includes perhaps two-thirds of the superlative poets of the German language. Here are 147 poems representing 27 poets from Matthias Claudius to Friedrich Nietzsche. The selection is representative including both the universally known (Goethe Schiller Holderlin) and the less familiar (Brentano Droste-Hulshoff Holty Hebbel Storm). Among the translations are classics by Coleridge Longfellow and the Irish poet James Mangan.