Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (905 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1511871245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 126 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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German poet (1797-1856).. "Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine" from Heinrich Heine
Dorothy M. Falarski said Sensitive translation of a neglected great.. Emma Lazarus was an evocative poet and a perfect translator for Heine's keenly musical style. There are other translators out there who seem tone deaf by comparison. Some of Heine's works are pretty florid for current taste, but his take on the classics still holds up as far as originality goes.. "Heine in the Hands of Lazarus" according to R. Hardway. This volume of the German Heine's early poetry was translated by Emma Lazarus, author of "The New Colussus," the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus, an accomplished poet in her own right and a dedicated Zionist. published her translations in 1881, a quarter century after Heine's early death. Perh. "love it" according to Love the 19th century. I really enjoy having Heine's poetry especially while I was traveling in Paris and Berlin this summer. Book would be perfect if it had a searchable index. His poetry is beautiful and funny!
About the Author Heine (1797-1856) was a journalist, essayist, and one of the most significant German Romantic poets. He is remembered chiefly for his lyric poems, many of which were set to music in the form of lieder (art songs) by Germanic composers, including Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner.
Heine (1797-1856) was a journalist, essayist, and one of the most significant German Romantic poets. He is remembered chiefly for his lyric poems, many of which were set to music in the form of lieder (art songs) by Germanic composers, including Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner.