Political Poetry across the Centuries

Hans-Christian Günther is Professor for Classics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg/Br. He has published widely on Greek and Latin poetry and philosophy and also on modern philosophy, ethics and politics. He is also the author of many verse translations from various languages.

• List of ContributorsIntroduction by the EditorBasic Reflections1. The Poet as Demiourge in Plato, Dominic O’Meara2. Dichtung und Politik bei Martin Heidegger, Bogdan Mincă3. Ethik- Politik- Dichtung. Pounds Patria Mia, Ralf LüfterThe Seventeenth Century4. The Greatest King among Poets, the Greatest Poet among Kings: the Poetry of King Teimuraz I, Donald Rayfield5. Knowledge After the Fall. Milton and the Question of Censorship, Friederike SchmigaThe First World War6. Stefan George als politischer Dichter, Hans-Christian Günther7. Patriotism and Pacifism. The Year 1914 for Futurist Vladimir Mayakovskiĭ, Luigi MagarottoBeyond Europe: 8. Dichtung, Propaganda und Polemik im Konflikt zwischen Schah Isma‘īl und Sultan Selīm, Max Scherberger9. Maos Gedichte – Versuch einer soziagogischen Analyse, Harro von SengerIndex