Hölderlin and the Consequences: An Essay on the German 'Poet of Poets'

by Rüdiger Görner

Book Overview

"A sign we are, uninterpreted. Painless we are and have almost / lost the language in a foreign country." Thus begins the second version of Friedrich H?lderlin's hymn dedicated to goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. "H?lderlin and the Consequences" wants to remember this 'poet of poets' and consider what his unmatched poems have stimulated, even triggered, in others. This scholarly essay examines the legacy of a poet who was, by and large, ostracized in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3476058204
• ISBN13: 9783476058201
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"