Photograph of a French aviator downing a German observation balloon near St. Mihiel on September 16, 1918, the last day of the American St. Mihiel Offensive. That same day American airmen Frank Luke and Joe Wehner downed three balloons in the sector.

The German Poets of the First World War by Patrick Bridgwater

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. The Aesthetics of War

2. Georg Trakl

3. August Stramm

4, Lichtenstein, Ball and Klemm

5. Anton Schnack

6. Lersch, Bröger, Engelke

7. Epilogue

Translations of German Quotations

Bibliography

Index of Poems

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1985

Copyright: 1985 W.P. Bridgwater