Heine, the tragic satirist : a study of the later poetry

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Heine, the tragic satirist : a study of the later poetry

by S. S. Prawer

Cambridge University Press, 1961

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Heine the tragic satirist : a study of the later poetry 1827-1856

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Description

In this edition, which was originally published in 1961, Dr Prawer follows his study of the Buch der Lieder with a full-length study of the later works of Heine. A brief introductory study of the Buch der Lieder is followed by detailed treatment of Neue Gesichte, Atta Troll, Deutdchland, ein Wintermarchen, Romanzero, Gedichte 1853 und 1854, and the poems in the posthumous Letzte Gedichte und Gedanken. Dr Prawer extracts and relates to Heine's life the underlying themes in his poetry; those, and the consistent careful analysis of the poems, makes his book an excellent introduction to the poet's work.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction: the poet of the Buch der Lieder
  • Part I. The Middle Years: 1. False spring
  • 2. Exaltation of the senses
  • 3. Venusberg
  • 4. Nineties in Paris
  • 5. Dream of a summer night
  • 6. The call of the age
  • 7. Germany revisited
  • 8. The comic world
  • Part II. Romanzero: 1. Merlin's tomb
  • 2. The masked dancer
  • 3. Faibisch Apollo
  • 4. Echoes of the outside world
  • 5. Lazarus
  • 6. Prodigal son
  • 7. The grand design
  • 8. The poet's workshop
  • Part III. Last Poems: 1. Olla podrida
  • 2. The call of death
  • 3. Colloquy with God
  • 4. Satires and fables
  • 5. The last censor
  • 6. Last love
  • 7. Doppelganger
  • 8. Voyage to Avalon
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA44216871
  • ISBN
    • 0521059909
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 314 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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