"The distinctive autumnal and melancholy tone of Trakl's work - especially admired by his patron Ludwig Wittgenstein - reflects the spiritual and social disintegration on the eve of the First World War. The generalized sense of anguish and exaltation of this period is the background to Trakl's trans
Poems and prose: a bilingual edition
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Year
- 2005
- Category
- Fiction
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