Consistency of Phenotype
A Study of Gottfried Benn's Views on Lyric Poetry
©1984
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346 Pages
Summary
This study attempts a fresh look at Gottfried Benn's poetics. It argues for, and demonstrates the value of, a close contextual analysis that takes account of Benn's idiosyncratic habit of expression. A representative selection of critical and literary works written by Benn between 1910 and 1956 is discussed, in order to show how his views on poetry developed to form a consistent pattern of thought, one rooted in the German poetic tradition and pointing beyond its own time to the present day.
Details
- Pages
- 346
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783261032768
- Language
- English
- Published
- Bern, Frankfurt/M., New York, 1983. 346 pp.