Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry

by Wilhelm Alfred Braun

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102 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2011

Reviews

[Ada Wilhelm]

Hm, quite an interesting overview over the three poets Hölderlin, Lenau and Heine. Not sure if the analysis of the „Weltschmerz“ in their poetry wasn‘t a bit shallow..

Also in parts old-fashioned macho views, when the author talks about the „sickly sentimentalism“ that Goethe rid himself of or the „paternal guidance“ Hölderlin apparently needed..

[Daniel]

Die Zweifler (1832)

Vergänglichkeit! wie rauschen deine Wellen
Durch's weite Labyrinth des Lebens fort!

characterized as a ruthless destroyer of venerable forms, injuring the most sacred flowers of life with his melodious poison, or as a mad harlequin who thrusts the steel into his heart, in order that he may teasingly bespatter ladies and gentlemen with the black spurting blood.