Heine Complete Works (12 Volumes)

Author: Heinrich Heine
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: ★Small 16K hardcover, published by Hebei Education Press ★Heinrich Heine is a renowned German poet and prose writer, the central figure of German literature from Goethe until the 1848 Revolution ★Carefully translated by prominent German-language translators Hu Qideng, Zhang Guofeng, Zhao Rongheng, Zhao Dengrong, etc. ★The first four volumes are lyric works, and the last eight are prose works, each preface includes photos and publishing materials related to Heine ★This book allows readers to gain a more comprehensive and profound understanding of the world-renowned literary giant Heine and enter his poetic life
The Complete Works of Heine in Hardcover, 12 Volumes
Heinrich Heine is a renowned German poet and prose writer, the central figure of German literature from Goethe until the 1848 Revolution. The complete works are meticulously translated by German-language translators such as Hu Qideng, Zhang Guofeng, and Zhao Rongheng. The works are rich in genres, including poetry, tragedies, prose, and novels. Each volume includes prefaces or introductions by the translators, providing historical background material and actively promoting the study of Heine as well as 19th-century German literature.
Two hundred years have passed since Heine left this world. He had passionately entered the mortal realm, whether he fiercely satirized this impure and ugly world, whether he was torn in conflict and pain about how to face the planning and destruction of others toward this world, or whether he romantically yearned for an ideal construction of this world—regardless, he passionately cherished everything in this mortal realm. The thick 12 volumes of The Complete Works of Heine record his life passion, his understanding and perception of the world. Without a doubt, they can be called a piece of history, a rich cultural heritage, or a life full of arduous yet hopeful aspirations for life.
The orange-yellow covers do not boast any glory or brilliance, but we clearly feel a flame of hope still burning, a light of life. This is the power of poetry, the radiance of this great poet. Heine devoted most of his life to the endless exploration of rational ethics. As a German citizen with a strong sense of social responsibility, he poured all his passion and rational ideas into establishing the progress and civilization of the whole society, thereby achieving the perfect individuality of every citizen within it. In other words, Heine's dream was that the era and society he lived in could progress into a paradise on earth filled with peace, justice, glory, and love, constantly advancing and improving in morality. In fact, this is the common aspiration of the ambitious and proactive individuals of all times.
Heine always aspired to advance forward as a warrior moving toward the light, but this identity came at the cost of having to feel even deeper the darkness of the society he lived in and the suffering of the people within it. Born in 1797, Heine faced a turbulent Germany and a turbulent Europe. The people, in their suffering, longed for a revolution to save them but feared another revolution that would more severely crush them. In reality, whether it was one time or another, they bore the heavy body of "society" in varying degrees, intentionally or unintentionally squeezing and harming the weak. Before Heine was born, the old woman in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities was bitterly recounting the vices of the aristocracy, weaving curses in pain and cruelty. After Heine became a poet, the Silesian weavers in his works still wove in pain and cruelty: "We weave, we weave / We weave triple curses / We weave time passing, the era changing, yet the suffering of the people seems endless."
Is the soil of Heine's literary life indeed this world of suffering? Two hundred years have passed, a poet named Heine has existed and passed away, and all of this happened a long time ago. Even so, people living in the present still admire and respect him. Now, with these thick 12 volumes of his collected works, we can gain a more comprehensive and profound understanding of this world-renowned literary giant and enter his poetic life. The orange-yellow covers may be the poet's burning poetic radiance, moving us, warming us, and illuminating us.