The great Conrady

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The great Conrady

description Lyric anthology
Area of ​​Expertise The book of German poems. From the beginning to the present
language German
publishing company Artemis & Winkler
First edition 1977
Frequency of publication 1977, 1991, 2000, 2008
Sold edition 170,000 copies since 1977
(Publishing company)
editor Karl Otto Conrady †
Web link www.patmos.de ( Memento from August 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

The great Conrady . The book of German poems. From the beginning to the present is the standard anthology of German-language poetry published by Karl Otto Conrady .

Content and structure

"The Great Conrady" presents around 2500 poems by around 650 authors and thus "German-language poetry in its full range - from the beginnings in the Middle Ages to the present day". After the prefaces, a 60-page table of contents provides the "authors and their poems" (including bio and bibliographical information), which is followed by the actual collection of poems on pages 93 to 1325. The chapter "Explanations of words and facts", "Headings and beginnings of poems" and "Alphabetical list of authors" conclude the total of 1378 pages.

In its latest edition from 2008, more than half of the work is poems from the 20th century.

Edition history

In 1977 Karl Otto Conrady presented the first edition of his collection with poems from the beginning to the present. The Wessobrunn prayer introduces the anthology, poems by Erich Arendt are at the end. In 1991 "The Great German Poem Book" appeared in a significantly reduced version: A poem by Ulrich von Hutten (around 1500) marks the beginning, the poetry by Kerstin Hensel concludes the overview. In 2000, "The New Conrady" returned to the original edition principle, again offering poems from the beginnings in the Middle Ages and expanding the proportion of contemporary poems by several hundred pages. In 2008, the collection is expanded to include poems by 51 younger contemporary authors who appeared between 2000 and 2007.

The four editions

  • The great Conrady . The book of German poems. From the beginning to the present , expanded new edition, with prefaces by Karl Otto Conrady to the new edition from 2008 and to the edition from 2000, 1378 pages, linen, two bookmarks, slipcase, Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2008. ISBN 3-538-04004 -4
  • The new Conrady . The great German poetry book. From the beginning to the present , newly published, updated and provided with a foreword by Karl Otto Conrady, 1307 pages, ribbon bookmark, hardcover with dust jacket, Artemis and Winkler, Düsseldorf and Zurich 2000.
  • The great German poetry book . From 1500 to the present , reissued, updated and provided with a foreword by Karl Otto Conrady, 979 pages, linen with dust jacket, Artemis and Winkler, Munich and Zurich 1991.
  • The great German poetry book , foreword by Karl Otto Conrady, 1148 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, Athenaeum, Kronberg / Taunus 1977.

Big Conrady, Little Conrady, Listen Conrady

Based on the »New Conrady«, two other »Conrady« editions were published in 2008 in addition to the main work »Der Große Conrady«: »Der Hör-Conrady« with 1,100 poems on 21 CDs and two MP3-CDs as well as the accompanying booklet »Der Kleine Conrady «(800 pages). The poems are recited by actors Christian Brückner , Matthias Habich , Ulrich Matthes , Sophie Rois , Rosel Zech and Hanns Zischler as well as by the editor himself.

literature

  • Theo Breuer : We collect until death picks us up. Anthologies and their editors . In: From the hinterland. Poetry after 2000 , Edition YE, Sistig / Eifel 2005, pp. 301–352.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In a letter dated February 2015, Patmos informed the publisher Conrady, according to his public statements, that there would be no new edition, as he had hoped. Sales of the book under fixed book prices in the last year of this title , in 2014, were 662 copies. Poems help against texting and gossiping. by Eckhard Fuhr , in Die Welt , March 13, 2015