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Gert Westphal hat sie alle gelesen: Friedrich Hölderlin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Eduard Mörike, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane oder Rainer Maria Rilke. Eine Auswahl ihrer schönsten Gedichte ist hier versammelt: Von Goethes "Willkommen und Abschied" über Eichendorffs "Mondnacht" bis Rilkes "Der Panther" sind diese Gedichte allesamt Meisterwerke ihrer Epoche. Gert Westphal findet für jedes dieser lyrischen Kleinode den richtigen Ton, die passende Kraft, die eindringliche Stimme.

In this volume we examine the German language. Or rather the authors who wrote in German but are here translated into English. German is most often called the language of philosophers due to its precision and clarity. However, if you’ve studied German, you will know that sentence construction can be difficult to grasp. However, within these stories the language of these great talents express themselves in dazzling prose and searching narratives. And the characters? Clearly the works of genius.

The German peoples spent centuries as tribes and regions without being a whole. Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in unifying these central European states into one country albeit based on the militaristic doctrine of Prussia. In the 20th Century its history was blighted by its capacity to resort to war to fulfill its ambitions, or right its perceived historical wrongs. In this volume the short stories by its greatest authors readily attest that their talents are equal to the greatest in World literature.