Björn recenserade Dikter 1918-1956 av Bertolt Brecht
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The foreword argues that Brecht was "the perhaps most original and important German poet of his time". Even considering the time he worked in, I find that hard to believe. What he does do well is dark satire ("Legend of the dead soldier"), prescient political commentary ("Germany, 1938"; "How we learn to say yes to the world") and, in general, his poems feel like song lyrics in need of a Weill or monologues in need of a play. That's not to say they're bad (they're not) or that they have lost all their sting 100 years later (they haven't).
The foreword argues that Brecht was "the perhaps most original and important German poet of his time". Even considering the time he worked in, I find that hard to believe. What he does do well is dark satire ("Legend of the dead soldier"), prescient political commentary ("Germany, 1938"; "How we learn to say yes to the world") and, in general, his poems feel like song lyrics in need of a Weill or monologues in need of a play. That's not to say they're bad (they're not) or that they have lost all their sting 100 years later (they haven't).