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Three Worlds / Drei Welten Selected Poems German & English

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Three Worlds / Drei Welten Selected Poems German & English

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ISBN: 9780473358679
Title: Three Worlds / Drei Welten Selected Poems German & English
Author: WOLFSKEHL KARL

In 1933 the German Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl (1869-1948), deeply disturbed by the brutal anti-Semitism rising in his native Germany, fled into exile in Switzerland and Italy. The inner turmoil which accompanied this personal catastrophe found its expression in new poetry: the sequence 'Die Stimme spricht' (The Voice Speaks), an inspiring reconsideration of his Jewish heritage, and the great lament 'An die Deutschen' (To the Germans). When Italy too adopted anti-Jewish legislation Wolfskehl left Europe, seeking asylum in faraway New Zealand, where he found shelter and the peace to continue writing poetry: hi Mediterranean cycle and his most important composition 'Job, or The Four Mirrors'.

This selection of Wolfskehl's poetry includes poems from his beginnings around 1900, but focuses on the work from his years of exile when he emerged from the shadow of his admired poet-friend Stefan George and found his own distinctive voice. It is in these poems that the 'three worlds', which constituted the creative identity of the poet Karl Wolfskehl, are expressed. In the famous lines of his autobiographical poem 'Ultimus Vatum':

Secretive and proud, worldly-wise, humble in God
Remained I Jewish, Roman, German all at once.

Format: Paperback
Price: $45.00