Review
Fried, Eich, Domin and Kunert make up the group of poets that Stein places in front of us as demonstrations of selfhood and poetic accomplishment significant for German culture and society after World War II. ...individual bi-lingual volumes seem even more desirable after this short, informative presentation Library Journal These four very good poets are worth reading by Americans, particularly since the English versions are exceptionally well done -- Choice
Product Description
Four post World War II German poets, the natural descendants of Rilke, Brecht and Kafka Gunter Eich (1907-1972) is a pastoral poet but nature is no longer trustworthy reassuring-- Unrest in field furrows and elderbush. the incomprehensible in the heart Perfection does not thrive, here no one binds the unruly
