Last Poems: Selected by William Rose (Cambridge Plain Texts)

by Heinrich Heine

Originally published in 1954, as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains a selection of Heinrich Heine's late poems. The text is presented in German with a short editorial introduction and bibliography in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Heine and nineteenth-century German literature.

142 pages, Paperback

First published February 7, 2013

About the author

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose is distinguished by its satirical wit and irony. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities. Heine spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.