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| + | [[Image:Nietzsche_in_Basel.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] (c. 1875)]] | ||
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| + | "What’s [[heaven]]? Heaven is where the [[police]] are [[Britishness|British]], the [[chef]]s are [[France|French]], the [[mechanics]] are [[Germany|German]], the [[lover]]s are [[Italy|Italian]] and the [[bank|banker]]s are [[Switzerland|Swiss]]. | ||
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| + | So then, what’s [[hell]]? Hell is where the police are German, the chefs are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and the bankers are Italian." [[Heaven is where the police are British|[...]]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Wanderer above the Sea of Fog]]'' ([[1818]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:German Autobahn 1936 1939.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[German]] [[autobahn]] in the [[1930s]]]] | ||
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Germany''' is a [[country]] in [[Western Europe|West]]-[[central Europe]]. It is bordered on the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]]; on the east by [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]]; on the south by [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]; and on the west by [[France]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]], and the [[Netherlands]]. |
| - | + | == See also == | |
| - | [[German language]] | + | *[[Anti-German sentiment]] |
| - | '''Rolf Dieter Brinkmann''' ([[1940]], [[Vechta]], [[Germany]] - [[1975]], [[London]]) was an important [[poet]] of German "Pop-Literatur", inspired by the American [[Beat Generation]] ([[Jack Kerouac]], [[Allen Ginsberg]]) and other American poets like [[William Carlos Williams]] and [[Frank O'Hara]]. His poetry is filled with references to popular culture, from [[Tango music|tango]] to Hollywood films. Brinkmann was opposed to literature that neglects aesthetics in favour of politics. He was, nevertheless, also a political author as evidenced by social criticism found in most of his texts. | + | *[[Culture of Germany]] |
| - | + | *[[Deutschtum]] | |
| - | ==Selected Works== | + | *[[German Modernism]] |
| + | *[[German Romanticism]] | ||
| + | *[[German art]] | ||
| + | *[[German literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Nazi Germany]] | ||
| + | *[[Stereotype of Germans]] | ||
| + | *[[Weimar Berlin]] | ||
| - | *''Briefe an Hartmut 1974-1975'' (1999) ISBN 3-498-00608-8 | + | {{GFDL}} |
| - | *''Erkundungen für die Präzisierung des Gefühls für einen Aufstand : Träume, Aufstände, Gewalt, Morde : Reise, Zeit, Magazin : die Story ist schnell erzählt (Tagebuch)'' (1987) ISBN 3-499-25169-8 | + | |
| - | *''Erzählungen'' (1985) ISBN 3-498-00493-X | + | |
| - | *''Der Film in Worten : Prosa, Erzählungen, Essays, Hörspiele, Fotos, Collagen, 1965-1974'' (1982) ISBN 3-498-00469-7 | + | |
| - | *''Godzilla'' (1968) | + | |
| - | *''Gras'' (1970) | + | |
| - | *''Keiner weiss mehr. Roman'' (1970) | + | |
| - | *''Like a pilot : Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, selected poems, 1963-1970''; translated by Mark Terrill (2001) ISBN 0-9657687-7-5 | + | |
| - | *''Die Piloten; neue Gedichte'' (1968) | + | |
| - | *''Raupenbahn'' (1966) | + | |
| - | *''Rolltreppen im August'' (1996) | + | |
| - | *''Rom, Blicke'' (1979) ISBN 3-499-25094-2 | + | |
| - | *''Schnitte'' (1988) ISBN 3-498-00525-1 | + | |
| - | *''Standphotos : Gedichte, 1962-1970'' (1970) ISBN 3-498-00461-1 | + | |
| - | *''Die Umarmung; Erzählungen''; 2nd edition (1965) | + | |
| - | *''Was fraglich ist wofür. Gedichte'' (1967) | + | |
| - | *''Westwärts 1 & 2 : Gedichte'' (1975) ISBN 3-499-25063-2 ISBN 3-498-00528-6 (pbk.) | + | |
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"What’s heaven? Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and the bankers are Swiss. So then, what’s hell? Hell is where the police are German, the chefs are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and the bankers are Italian." [...] |
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Germany is a country in West-central Europe. It is bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
See also
- Anti-German sentiment
- Culture of Germany
- Deutschtum
- German Modernism
- German Romanticism
- German art
- German literature
- Nazi Germany
- Stereotype of Germans
- Weimar Berlin
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