Poems: Book One of Our Trakl

by Georg Trakl

The work of poet Georg Trakl, a leading Austrian-German expressionist, has been praised by many, including his contemporaries Rainer Maria Rilke and Else Lasker-Sch ler, as well as his patron Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein famously wrote that while he did not truly understand Trakl's poems, they had the tone of a "truly ingenious person," which pleased him. This difficulty in understanding Trakl's poems is not unique. Since the first publication...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B019VL0F8A
• ISBN13: 9780857422460
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 8.6"