For many years, Gunter Grass (born 1927) has been one of the world's most vital literary figures. From the publication of The Tin Drum through his latest pleas for sane government and civil treatment of Germany's "foreign citizens" in the 1990s, Grass has been at the forefront of both literary and political worlds. This representative volume features two important works: Cat and Mouse and The Meeting at Telgte. Both speak to our time, but under very different settings. It also includes a selection of other works to give a well-rounded view of a writer whom John Irving characterizes in his foreword as "the greatest living novelist today". The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forewords by internationally known writers and introductions by prominent scholars. Here the English-speaking reader can find the broadest possible collection of poetic and intellectual achievements in new as well as great classic translations.
Convenient and accessible in format, the volumes of The German Library will form the core of any growing library of European literature for years to come.Select list of volumes now published: -- German Medieval Tales -- German Humanism and Reformation -- Immanuel Kant: Philosophical Writings -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The Sufferings of Young Werther and Elective Affinities -- Friedrich Schiller: Plays -- "Intrigue and Love" and "Don Carlos" -- Friedrich Schiller: "Wallenstein" and "Mary Stuart" -- German Fairy Tales -- German Literary Fairy Tales -- German Romantic Novellas -- German Romantic Stories -- German Novellas of Realism -- German Poetry from 1750 to 1900 -- Georg Buchner: Complete Works and Letters -- Rainer Maria Rilke: Prose and Poetry -- Gottfried Benn: Prose, Essays, Poems -- German Essays on Art History -- Essays on German Theater -- Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Critical Essays
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This work, part of the "German Library" series, contains translations of two major works by Gunter Grass: "Cat and Mouse" and "The Meeting at Telgte". The book also includes a political essay by Grass.
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Foreword: John Irving
Introduction: A. Leslie Willson
CAT AND MOUSE
Translated by Ralph Manheim
THE MEETING AT TELGTE
Translated by Ralph Manheim
THE BALLERINA
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
SELECTED POEMS
The Flood
Translated by Christopher Middleton
Stadium at Night
Translated by Michael Hamburger
Family Matters
Translated by Michael Hamburger
The Wicked Shoes
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
Music for Brass
Translated by Christopher Middleton
In the Egg
Translated by Michael Hamburger
The Scarecrows
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
Writing
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
At Table
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
Do Anything
Translated by A. Leslie Willson
SPEECHES
On Writers as Court Jesters and on Nonexistent Courts
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Cloud Clenched in a Fist above Forest
Translated by Irmgard Elsner Hunt
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The German Library is a series of the major works of German Literature and thought from Medieval times to the present. Convenient and accessible in format, the volumes of the German Library will form the core of any growing library of European Literature for years to come.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780826407337
Publisert
1997-12-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Vekt
300 gr
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
292
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