The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht

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Bertolt Brecht

One of the most important poetry publications in years, The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht appears in English for the first time.

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Widely celebrated as the greatest German playwright of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht was also, as George Steiner observed, “that very rare phenomenon, a great poet”. Hugely prolific, Brecht wrote some 2,000 poems and songs-though fewer than half were published in his lifetime and early editions were extremely selective. Now, award-winning translators Tom Kuhn and David Constantine give us the most comprehensive English collection of Brecht’s poetry to date. Written between 1913 and 1956, these poems celebrate Brecht’s unquenchable “love of life, the desire for better and more of it” and reflect the technical virtuosity of an artist driven by bitter and violent politics, as well as by the untrammelled forces of love and erotic desire. The Collected Poems of Bertolt Brecht is a monumental achievement and a reclamation.

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Weight 1690 g
Dimensions 24.4 × 16.5 × 6.6 cm
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Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporati

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

cm

Language

English

Edition

First Edition

Dewey

832.912 (edition:23)

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