After Every War

Twentieth-Century Women Poets

Eavan Boland

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Princeton University Press
02 January 2007

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: poetry & poets

Series: Facing Pages

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 deeply moving collection, each provides a singularly personal glimpse into the effects of war on language, place, poetry, and womanhood. After Every War is a book of translations of women poets living in Europe in the decades before and after World War II: Rose Auslander, Elisabeth Langgasser, Nelly Sachs, Gertrud Kolmar, Else Lasker-Schuler, Ingeborg Bachmann, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Dagmar Nick, and Hilde Domin. Several of the writers are Jewish and, therefore, also witnesses and participants in one of the darkest occasions of human cruelty, the Holocaust. Their poems, as well as those of the other writers, provide a unique biography of the time--but with a difference. These poets see public events through the lens of deep private losses. They chart the small occasions, the bittersweet family ties, the fruit dish on a table, the lost soul arriving at a railway station; in other words, the sheer ordinariness through which cataclysm is experienced, and by which life is cruelly shattered.

They reclaim these moments and draw the reader into them. The poems are translated and introduced, with biographical notes on the authors, by renowned Irish poet Eavan Boland. Her interest in the topic is not abstract. As an Irish woman, she has observed the heartbreaking effects of violence on her own country. Her experience has drawn her closer to these nine poets, enabling her to render into English the beautiful, ruminative quality of their work and to present their poems for what they are: documentaries of resilience--of language, of music, and of the human spirit--in the hardest of times.

Edited and translated by: Eavan Boland
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780691127798
ISBN 10: 0691127794
Series: Facing Pages
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 02 January 2007
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 ROSE AUSLaNDER (b. 1901) A Biographical Note 16 Mutterland / Motherland 18 Damit kein Licht uns liebe / So That No Light Would Be There to Love Us 20 Am Ende der Zeit / At the End of Time 22 Verwundert / Amazed 24 Die Fremden / Strangers 26 Meine Nachtigall / My Nightingale 28 Im Chagall-Dorf / In Chagall's Village 30 Biographische Notiz / Biographical Note 32 Mein Schlussel / My Key 34 ELISABETH LANGGaSSER (b. 1899) A Biographical Note 38 Fruhling 1946 / Spring 1946 40 NELLY SACHS (b. 1891) A Biographical Note 46 Wenn ich nur wusste / If I Only Knew 48 In der blauen Ferne / In the Blue Distance 50 Bereit sind alle Lander aufzustehn / All the Lands of the Earth 52 In der Flucht / In Flight 54 In diesem Amethyst / In This Amethyst 56 Kommt einer von ferne / If Someone Comes 58 GERTRUD KOLMAR (b. 1894) A Biographical Note 62 Das Opfer / The Victim 64 ELSE LASKERaSCHuLER (b. 1869) A Biographical Note 72 Mein blaues Klavier / My Blue Piano 74 Ich weiss / I Know 76 Herbst / Autumn 78 Abends / In the Evening 80 Meine Mutter / My Mother 82 uber glitzernden Kies / Over Glistening Gravel 84 Ein einziger mensch / A Single Man 86 INGEBORG BACHMANN (b. 1926) A Biographical Note 90 Alle Tage / Every Day 92 Botschaft / Message 94 Die gestundete Zeit / Borrowed Time 96 Dunkles zu sagen / To Speak of Dark Things 98 Herbstmanover / Autumn Maneuver 100 Abschied von England / Departure from England 102 Fruher Mittag / Early Noon 104 Exil / Exile 108 Ihr Worte / You Words 110 MARIE LUISE KASCHNITZ (b. 1901) A Biographical Note 116 Hiroshima / Hiroshima 118 Selinunte / Selinunte 120 Nicht mutig / Not Brave 122 HILDE DOMIN (b. 1909) A Biographical Note 126 Koln / Cologne 128 Geburtstage / Birthdays 130 Exil / Exile 132 DAGMAR NICK (b. 1926) A Biographical Note 136 Flugwetter / Flying Weather 138 Aufruf / Summons 140 Den Generalen ins Soldbuch / In the Book of the Generals 142 Niemandsland / No-Man's-Land 144 An Abel / To Abel 146 Emigration / Emigration 148 Notes 151 Checklists 153 Further Reading 165 Index of Titles 167

Eavan Boland (19442020) was a poet and writer. Her books included Against Love Poetry.

Reviews for After Every War: Twentieth-Century Women Poets

[A] moving and essential new book. These poets have a particular angle of witness that comes from powerlessness, from being vulnerable, injured, marginal, excluded. I'm struck by the personal way these poets confront history, test and interrogate language, especially their mother tongue, question the efficacy of poetry, and repeatedly defend the importance of private feeling. -- Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Book World I like this provocative book quite a lot: it is full of beautiful poems written under the worst historical conditions possible. It makes you think about the connection between lyric beauty (there's lots of it here) and testimony. -- Dan Chiasson, Poetry