My German Dictionary

My German Dictionary PDF Author: Katherine Hollander
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ISBN: 9781904130970
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Poetry. MY GERMAN DICTIONARY, which was awarded the 14th annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize by former USA Poet Laureate Charles Wright, is a guide to an idiosyncratic interior country, a map of the experience of absorbing and being absorbed by Central European language, culture, aesthetics, and history. It is a catalogue of small beloved things inflected by massive horrors. The poems are home to and haunted by Franz Marc's horses, ETA Hoffmann's tales, the Great War, Bertolt Brecht, Rosa Luxemburg, enchanted bears, Weimar Berlin, and vanished relatives, along with an entire alphabet of mishearings, mnemonics, and valentines for the German language. These are the poems of an historian wrestling with mastery of the unmasterable, the histories in miniature of a poet. "A book of startling, radiant images that ferry the poems to their destinations of discovery and illumination...[T]hese are wise and brave poems, from a wise and brave hand, A to Z. They go to the heart of the heart of the matter, whatever it is, and wherever it is. Like sharp little picks, they de-ice and reveal...[A] beautiful and--it seems to me--necessary book."--Charles Wright (from the Foreword) "Abundant imagination, as heartbreaking and wild as folk tales. Informed historical understanding. Melody in the sentences and lines. Each of these is a rare poetic gift, and all three combined animate Katherine Hollander's MY GERMAN DICTIONARY. These poems with their lexicon of grief confront the terrors of history in a way that is brooding, clear-eyed, and blessedly inventive."--Robert Pinsky

My German Dictionary

My German Dictionary PDF Author: Katherine Hollander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904130970
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Book Description
Poetry. MY GERMAN DICTIONARY, which was awarded the 14th annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize by former USA Poet Laureate Charles Wright, is a guide to an idiosyncratic interior country, a map of the experience of absorbing and being absorbed by Central European language, culture, aesthetics, and history. It is a catalogue of small beloved things inflected by massive horrors. The poems are home to and haunted by Franz Marc's horses, ETA Hoffmann's tales, the Great War, Bertolt Brecht, Rosa Luxemburg, enchanted bears, Weimar Berlin, and vanished relatives, along with an entire alphabet of mishearings, mnemonics, and valentines for the German language. These are the poems of an historian wrestling with mastery of the unmasterable, the histories in miniature of a poet. "A book of startling, radiant images that ferry the poems to their destinations of discovery and illumination...[T]hese are wise and brave poems, from a wise and brave hand, A to Z. They go to the heart of the heart of the matter, whatever it is, and wherever it is. Like sharp little picks, they de-ice and reveal...[A] beautiful and--it seems to me--necessary book."--Charles Wright (from the Foreword) "Abundant imagination, as heartbreaking and wild as folk tales. Informed historical understanding. Melody in the sentences and lines. Each of these is a rare poetic gift, and all three combined animate Katherine Hollander's MY GERMAN DICTIONARY. These poems with their lexicon of grief confront the terrors of history in a way that is brooding, clear-eyed, and blessedly inventive."--Robert Pinsky

Langenscheidt's Pocket German Dictionary

Langenscheidt's Pocket German Dictionary PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages :

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A Frequency Dictionary of German

A Frequency Dictionary of German PDF Author: Randall Jones
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135182965
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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A Frequency Dictionary of German is an invaluable tool for all learners of German, providing a list of the 4,034 most frequently used words in the language. Based on a 4.2 million-word corpus which is evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts, the dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list plus alphabetical and part of speech indexes. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence plus an indication of major register variation. The dictionary also contains twenty-one thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics as well as eleven special vocabulary lists. A Frequency Dictionary of German aims to enable students of all levels to maximize their study of German vocabulary in an efficient and engaging way.

Oxford Essential German Dictionary

Oxford Essential German Dictionary PDF Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199576394
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 543

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This new dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of essential German and English, and extra help with German and English verbs and pronunciation, all in a compact and affordable format.

Cassell's German et English Dictionary

Cassell's German et English Dictionary PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Oxford-Duden Pictorial German-English Dictionary

The Oxford-Duden Pictorial German-English Dictionary PDF Author: Dudenredaktion (Bibliographisches Institut)
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 880

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Groups of German and English words in a particular subject area are illustrated on the same or opposite page.

Dictionary of German Names

Dictionary of German Names PDF Author: Hans Bahlow
Publisher: Max Kade Institute
ISBN: 9780924119378
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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This dictionary provides details of more than 15,000 German names in English. Variant spellings, and the meaning and origins of each name are given.

Deutsch-Englisch, Englisch-Deutsch

Deutsch-Englisch, Englisch-Deutsch PDF Author: Gunhild Prowe
Publisher: Oxford University
ISBN: 9780198601883
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Bantam New College German & English Dictionary

The Bantam New College German & English Dictionary PDF Author: John C. Traupman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780553141559
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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My Men

My Men PDF Author: Mira Peck
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475995113
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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Alina Sherwin has had to fight for every victory in her life. Raised in Poland, she moves to Australia with her family as a young girl. There, in the early 1970s, she becomes the first woman in her state to graduate with an engineering degree and quickly finds that her new industry won't employ her. Undaunted by rejection from the Australian scientific community and encouraged by her new American husband, Wayne, Alina decides to move again, in hopes of finding what she desires in his homeland. To her distress, Wayne's unconditional love is marred by his desire for an open marriage. She is shocked and intrigued. Convinced that Wayne would make a great father, she resolves to have a baby with him, as long as his yearning is limited to words. On a return visit to Poland, Alina regains confidence in her abilities and finds peace in leaving her childhood behind. The American society that spawned a secular constitution and a vibrant feminist movement, promises to be an inspiring new home. Alina is ready to seek fulfillment once again.