Benn, Gottfried | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHY

Exner, Richard. A review of Poèmes, in Comparative Literature, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter, 1959, pp. 86-90.

Offers a critical assessment of Poèmes, a collection of Benn's poems translated into French by Pierre Garnier. Discusses the difficulties faced by translators of Benn's poetry

———. An obituary of Benn. Books Abroad 30 (Fall 1956): 397.

A brief overview of Benn's literary career and his relationship to German politics.

CRITICISM

Block, Haskell M. “Contextual Values of Silence in Modern Poetry.”Proceeding of the 10th Congress of the International comparative Literature Association. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992, pp. 12–18.

Provides a theoretical discussion of the concept of silence in modern poetry.

Cramer-Vos, Marianne. “Paul Valéry and Gottfried Benn—Intellectual Visionaries.” Language...

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