Prose Essays Poems: Gottfried Benn

Volkmar Sander was the general editor of the German Library in 100 Volumes, former Erich Maria Remarque Professor of German, and director/founder of the Deutsches Haus at New York University.

• Foreword: E.B. AshtonIntroduction: Reinhard Paul BeckerPART ONE: PROSEThe BirthdayTranslated by E.B. AshtonAlexander's March by Means of FlushesTranslated by E.B. AshtonPrimal VisionTranslated by E.B. AshtonFrom The Way of an IntellectualistTranslated by E.B. AshtonWolf's TavernTranslated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne WilkinsBlock II, Room 66From Double LifeTranslated by E.B. AshtonThe Glass-BlowerFrom The PtolemeanTranslated by Joel AgeeLetter from Berlin, July 1948Translated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne WilkinsPART TWO: ESSAYSThe Problem of GeniusTranslated by Joel AgeeCan Poets Change the World?Translated by Joel AgeeAfter NihilismTranslated by Joel AgeeArt and the Third ReichTranslated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne WilkinsPallasTranslated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne WilkinsPessimismTranslated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne WilkinsInduced LifeTranslated by Joel AgeeFuture and PresentFrom: Double LifeTranslated by E.B. AshtonArtists and Old AgeTranslated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne WilkinsPART THREE: POEMSTranslated by E.B. Ashton, Robert M. Browning, Alexandra Chciuk-Celt, Joseph B. Dallet, Babette Deutsch, Richard Exner, Franz Feige, Patricia Gleason, Michael Hamburger, E.L. Kanes, Max Knight, Christopher Middleton, J.M. Ritchie, Karl F. Ross, Gertrude C. Schwebell, Richard Sieburth, Vernon Watkins, Kerry WeinbergMan and Woman Go through the Cancer Ward (Mann und Frau gehn durch die Krebsbaracke)Night Cafe (Nachtcafe)Appendectomy (Blinddarm)Songs (Gesange)Subway Train (Untergrundbahn)Icarus (Ikarus)The Late Ego (Das spate Ich)Who Are You (Wer bist Du-)Qui SaitFrom Far Shores, from Kingdoms (Aus Fernen, aus Reichen)And Yet, with Swords at the Ready (Dennoch die Schwerter halten)Yesteryear (Einst)Life-What a Vulgar Delusion! (Leben-niederer Wahn)He Who's Alone (Wer allein ist-)Never More Lonely (Einsamer nie-)Asters (Astern)TurinPoems (Gedichte)A Word (Ein Wort)Monologue (Monolog)Forsaken I (Verlorenes Ich)Wave of the Night (Welle der Nacht)Those Traits of Yours (Die Zuge Deiner-)ChopinSeptemberQuaternary (Quartar-)Epilogue (Epilog 1949)Fragments (Fragmente)Travel (Reisen)Bistro (Destille)What's Bad (Was Schlimm ist)Many Autumns (Viele Herbste)Two Things Only (Nur zwei Dinge)What Are You? (Aber Du-?)He Left the House (Verliess das Haus-)TristesseHalf-and-Half (Teils-Teils)But They Are Human (Das sind doch Menschen)Poem (Gedicht)Let's (Kommt-)Meeting People (Menschen getroffen)No Mourning Then (Kann keine Trauer sein)Select Bibliography