Mine was an oblique induction into Brecht’s poems. Often in my teens I’d go for long walks in the Westphalian forests with my (English) father, who knew his German poetry, and if we were starting out ...

Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art and Curiosity Cabinets in the Holy Roman Empire. Jeffrey Chipps Smith. London: Reaktion Books, 2022. 320 pp. £35. Arthur J. DiFuria [Opens in a new window] ...