Songs from the gallows

Christian Morgenstern

Original title: Galgenlieder

first published 1923 Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH, 1978 paperback

"Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) was a German poet, theosophist, and translator whose nonsense poems have been among the best-known and best-loved works in Germany throughout this century. Often compared to the drolleries of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Morgenstern's poems are whimsical yet haunting, a rare blend of humor and odd metaphysical intimations." "Morgenstern wrote the first of his Golgenlieder after he...

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Galgenlieder. paperback · 2002 · Piper · 126 pages · 9783492202916
Songs from the gallows edition · 1993 · Yale University Press · 137 pages
Galgenlieder paperback · 1983 · Diogenes Verlag AG,Switzerland · 9783257700091
Galgenlieder paperback · 1978 · Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH · 9783150098790

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