num_pages: 399
description: German poet Heinrich Heine was bedridden with a debilitating illness for the last eight years of his life, during which time he reassessed many of his previous views. This text examines the changes in his thinking during that period and shows how these changes are reflected in his later poetry.
language: English
title: By the Rivers of Babylon: Heinrich Heine's Late Songs and Reflections
titlecomplete: By the Rivers of Babylon: Heinrich Heine's Late Songs and Reflections (Kritik : German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies)
publisher: Wayne State University Press