Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is now recognized as one of Europe's supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology and history, from mythological times to the discovery of America and his own era. The 'Canticles of Night', by contrast, include enigmatic fragments in an unprecedented style, which anticipates the Symbolists and Surrealists. Together the works collected here show Hölderlin's use of Classical and Christian imagery and his exploration of cosmology and history in an attempt to find meaning in an uncertain world.
| ISBN: | 9780140424164 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 1998 |
| Author: | Friedrich Hölderlin, Michael Hamburger, Jeremy D Adler |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Biographies & Autobiographies |
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is now recognized as one of Europe's supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology and history, from mythological times to the discovery of America and his own era. The 'Canticles of Night', by contrast, include enigmatic fragments in an unprecedented style, which anticipates the Symbolists and Surrealists. Together the works collected here show Hölderlin's use of Classical and Christian imagery and his exploration of cosmology and history in an attempt to find meaning in an uncertain world.
Selected Poems and Fragments features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Biographies & Autobiographies
Selected Poems and Fragments is available in Paperback
Selected Poems and Fragments was written by Friedrich Hölderlin, Michael Hamburger, Jeremy D Adler and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Selected Poems and Fragments has 352 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series
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