After every war : twentieth-century women poets / translations from the German by Eavan Boland. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)2004. - 1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Facing pages .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Rose Auslander -- Elisabeth Langgasser -- Nelly Sachs -- Gertrud Kolmar -- Else Lasker-Schuler -- Ingeborg Bachmann -- Marie Kaschnitz -- Hilde Domin -- Dagmar Nick.

"They are nine women with much in common - all German speaking, all poets, all personal witnesses to the horror and devastation that was World War II. Yet, in this collection, each provides a singularly personal glimpse into the effects of war on language, place, poetry, and womanhood."--Jacket.




German poetry--20th century--Translations into English.
German poetry--Women authors--Translations into English.


Electronic Books.

PT1156 / .A384 2004