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The first poem in Gottfried Benn's first book, Morgue (1912) - written in an hour, published in a week, and notorious ever after, or so the poet claimed - with its scandalous closing image of an aster sewn into a corpse by a playful medical student, set him on his celebrated path.

Gottfried Benn Impromptus

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A Paperback / softback by Michael Hofmann

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 07/07/2022
    ISBN13: 9780571327911, 978-0571327911
    ISBN10: 0571327915

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    Book Synopsis

    The first poem in Gottfried Benn's first book, Morgue (1912) - written in an hour, published in a week, and notorious ever after, or so the poet claimed - with its scandalous closing image of an aster sewn into a corpse by a playful medical student, set him on his celebrated path.

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