Heine
Heine by Heinrich Heine, published by Penguin Books in 1986, is a dual language edition featuring 263 pages in English. This collection presents a selection of Heine’s poetry, showcasing his unique voice as a restless and homeless poet who navigated complex identities as a Jew among Germans and a German in Paris. The book includes the original German texts alongside English prose translations, offering readers an accessible introduction to Heine’s work.
Readers will find a range of emotions reflected in Heine’s poetry, from despair and sensuality to sweetness and self-mockery. His sharp commentary on politics and current events is also evident, highlighting his role as a keen observer of society. This edition serves as a comprehensive exploration of Heine’s themes, including love and the contemplation of death, making it a valuable resource for those interested in European and German poetry.
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‘One of the first men of this century’ is how Heine described himself when he claimed to have been born in the early hours of 1800. It was typical of Heine to create this humorous doubt – he was in fact born in 1797. He was a restless and homeless poet, a Jew among Germans, a German in Paris, a rebel among the bourgeoisie and always, as his famous doppelg nger poems show, a man divided against himself. This selection, with the German originals accompanied by English prose translations, provides the perfect introduction to Heine. He can be magnificent as an acute, irreverent commentator on politics and current events, though his genius most often strikes home in the poems filled with despair, or sensuality, or sweetness, or self-mockery, in which he draws out the whole gamut of emotions provoked by love and immanent death.
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