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Overview
Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this annotated translation conveys the radical idiom and vision that continue to make Friedrich Holderlin a contemporary. Including his late poems in free rhythms from the years between 1801 and 1806, the period just prior to his hospitalization for insanity.This is a collection of the verse of the early 19th century German poet Holderlin, one of the literary figures standing between classicism and romanticism.
Synopsis
Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this annotated translation conveys the radical idiom and vision that continue to make Friedrich Holderlin a contemporary. Including his late poems in free rhythms from the years between 1801 and 1806, the period just prior to his hospitalization for insanity.
The New York Times Book Review
Mr. Sieburth . . . has set out to represent the movement, the rush and swirl of Hölderlein's verse, his fast-spilling lines, and he seems to me to have succeeded remarkably well.
Editorials
The New York Times Book Review
Mr. Sieburth . . . has set out to represent the movement, the rush and swirl of Hölderlein's verse, his fast-spilling lines, and he seems to me to have succeeded remarkably well.The New York Times Book Review
Mr. Sieburth . . . has set out to represent the movement, the rush and swirl of Hölderlein's verse, his fast-spilling lines, and he seems to me to have succeeded remarkably well.