Yates, W. E.
Tradition in the German Sonnet

Wide-ranging discussion of aspects of sonnet history combines in this study with analysis of single poems, by poets from Hoffmannswaldau to Weinheber, to illuminate ways in which the German sonnet has functioned as a vehicle for a conscious aesthetic traditionalism serving a variety of poetic intentions. 98 Seiten, broschiert (Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur/British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature; Vol. 4/Peter Lang Verlag 1981) Mängelexemplar/near mint