July 21, 2021
I recently discovered the wonderful poems of german writer Erich Kästner.
I previously had a vague idea of him and his life but i honestly never imagined his poems to be that good. For the vast majority of person i know, Kästner is known for one thing: his books for children. His works are classics of children literature in germany. Notable works are for example "Emil and the Detectives" and "The Flying Classroom". I, much to my suprise while looking back at it, never had any contact with them when i was young. I didn't read them nor listened to them.
But a few weeks ago i read an interesting poem titled "Das Eisenbahngleichnis" by Kästner. It's dated to 1933 and is describing the continous travel to the sense in life.This simple poem catched my attention and i had a sudden urge to get a collection of his poems. Much to my delight, our local library had a very old collection of poems by Erich Kästner that included almost all of his poems. I borrowed it and read almost all of the poems included.
I really, really adore the way Kästner writes and structures his poems. He constantly uses a rather simple language but still achieves to trigger feelings and memories. His work is driven by his pessimism, fatalism, but mostly: his humour. As readers we're presented a mix of humourous, anti-militaristic but also hopeless poems. Kästner prefers the world of the children, which he presents as a happy, righteous, honest place. In contrary, he is potraying the adult world as a dark place, influenced by unethical parents.
While i wouldn't agree with him (since my lecture of "The Lord of the Flies" i have learned a lot about violence from children), i have to admit that i find his ideas quite interesting and innovative.
Apart from his poems and his works for children, Erich Kästner had released one more famous book: "Fabian". It's the story about a moralist in the berlin of the early 30s. I read quite a while ago and didn't really enjoy it. I can't really narrow it down to a simple aspect it's rather the whole story that i didn't really get into.
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It's dated to 1933 and is describinges the continuous travel to the sense in life.This simple poem catchedught my attention and iI had a sudden urge to get a collection of his poems.
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I recently discovered the wonderful poems of german writer Erich Kästner. I recently discovered the wonderful poems of Always capitalize names of countries and nationalities |
I previously had a vague idea of him and his life but i honestly never imagined his poems to be that good. I previously had a vague idea of him and his life but Always capitalize "I" |
For the vast majority of person i know, Kästner is known for one thing: his books for children. For the vast majority of pe |
His works are classics of children literature in germany. His works are classics of children's literature in |
Notable works are for example "Emil and the Detectives" and "The Flying Classroom".
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I, much to my suprise while looking back at it, never had any contact with them when i was young.
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I didn't read them nor listened to them. I You could also write: "I didn't read them or listen to them", the meaning is the same. But with "nor" you should use "neither" |
But a few weeks ago i read an interesting poem titled "Das Eisenbahngleichnis" by Kästner. But a few weeks ago |
It's dated to 1933 and is describing the continous travel to the sense in life.This simple poem catched my attention and i had a sudden urge to get a collection of his poems. It's dated to 1933 and I don't understand what this means: " the continuous travel to the sense in life" |
Much to my delight, our local library had a very old collection of poems by Erich Kästner that included almost all of his poems. |
I borrowed it and read almost all of the poems included. |
I really, really adore the way Kästner writes and structures his poems. |
He constantly uses a rather simple language but still achieves to trigger feelings and memories. He constantly uses a rather simple language but still You could write "manages to" or "is able to", or you could simply write "still triggers feelings...", but "achieves to" is not right |
His work is driven by his pessimism, fatalism, but mostly: his humour. |
As readers we're presented a mix of humourous, anti-militaristic but also hopeless poems. |
Kästner prefers the world of the children, which he presents as a happy, righteous, honest place. |
In contrary, he is potraying the adult world as a dark place, influenced by unethical parents. In contra |
While i wouldn't agree with him (since my lecture of "The Lord of the Flies" i have learned a lot about violence from children), i have to admit that i find his ideas quite interesting and innovative. While |
Apart from his poems and his works for children, Erich Kästner had released one more famous book: "Fabian". |
It's the story about a moralist in the berlin of the early 30s. It's |
I read quite a while ago and didn't really enjoy it. I read it quite a while ago and didn't really enjoy it. |
I can't really narrow it down to a simple aspect it's rather the whole story that i didn't really get into. I can't really narrow it down to a simple aspect, it's rather the whole story that |
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