Download or read book Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry written by Wilhelm Alfred Braun and published by Columbia University Germanic Studies. This book was released on 1905 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the distinction between pessimism and Weltschmerz in three German poets. Then classifies the latter, both as to its origin and its form of expression and to indicate its relation to mental pathology and to social and political conditions.