Hölderlin and the Poetry of Tragedy: Readings in Sophocles, Shakespeare, Nietzsche & Benjamin

by Jeremy Tambling

Book Overview

H lderlin (1770-1843) is the magnificent writer whom Nietzsche called 'my favourite poet'. His writings and poetry have been formative throughout the twentieth century, and as influential as those of Hegel, his friend. At the same time, his madness has made his poetry infinitely complex as it engages with tragedy, and irreconcilable breakdown, both political and personal, with anger and with mourning. This study gives a detailed approach to H lderlin's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845197097
• ISBN13: 9781845197094
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"