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.