Documents of protest and compassion : the poetry of Walter Bauer / Angelika Arend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arend, Angelika, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bauer, Walter, 1904-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Bauer, Walter.

German poetry--History and criticism.

German poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 pages) : portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Documents of Protest and Compassion offers the first extensive critical assessment of Bauer's considerable poetic oeuvre. In this long-overdue supplement to recent anthologies of Bauer's poetry and essays on his life and work, Angelika Arend draws on Bauer's diaries and letters to reveal the profoundly humane intentions that guided his choice of themes and structures. She shows that social protest and brotherly compassion, shared responsibility and critical self-reflection are Bauer's main thematic fare, which he presented in simple, yet carefully crafted, poetic structures, and explains how these ideas and forms developed or remained constant in light of historical, cultural, social, and personal developments. Documents of Protest and Compassion is important for those interested in Bauer's work, German poetry, German-Canadian literature, and the immigrant writing experience.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Poetic Creed

The Old World…

Mastering the Craft

Critical Strategies

…And the New

The Price of Immigration

Holding Up the Mirror

Old Virtues Revisited

Theatrum Mundi

The Courage of Old Age

Postscript

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 150) and index.esai.

ISBN:

1-282-85818-1

9786612858185

0-7735-6795-X

OCLC:

929121361