Hölderlin After the Catastrophe: Heidegger -- Adorno -- Brecht

by Robert Savage

Toward the end of the Second World War, the works of the great German poet Friedrich H lderlin were heavily exploited by Nazi propaganda as a source of spiritual strength for the war-weary German people. Once the fires had burned out, scholars attempted to absolve H lderlin of any responsibility for his wartime (mis)appropriation. Only a few saw that his work would have to be reread in the light of the iniquities that had been said and done in his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571133208
• ISBN13: 9781571133205
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"