This book provides a full survey of the best and most significant work of German writers to the First World War. Including (in both German and English) the texts of all the main poems discussed this book contains many not readily available elsewhere. Authors discussed include literature but, Rile and George as well as less familiar names. The book not only corrects the distorted view of the subject perpetuated by most histories of German literature but will also help to English First World War poetry into perspective.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Aesthetics of War -- Georg Trakl -- August Stramm -- Linchtenstein, Ball and Klemm -- Anton Schnack -- Lersch, Broger and Engelke -- Epilogue.