Two Studies of Friedrich Hölderlin shows how the poet enacts a radical theory of meaning that culminates in a unique and still groundbreaking concept of revolution, one that begins with a revolutionary understanding of language. The product of an intense engagement with both Walter Benjamin and Jacq...

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1. Verfasser:	Hamacher, Werner 1948-2017 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Fenves, Peter D. 1960- (HerausgeberIn), Ng, Julia (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn), Adler, Anthony Curtis 1972- (ÜbersetzerIn), Hamacher, Werner
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Meridian : crossing aesthetics
Schlagworte:	Hölderlin, Friedrich > 1770-1843 Hölderlin, Friedrich / 1770-1843 / Criticism and interpretation German poetry / 19th century / History and criticism Idealism, German Hölderlin, Friedrich / 1770-1843 German poetry LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German 1800-1899 Criticism, interpretation, etc
Zusammenfassung:	Two Studies of Friedrich Hölderlin shows how the poet enacts a radical theory of meaning that culminates in a unique and still groundbreaking concept of revolution, one that begins with a revolutionary understanding of language. The product of an intense engagement with both Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, the book presents Werner Hamacher's major attempts at developing a critical practice commensurate with the immensity of Hölderlin's late writings. These essays offer an incisive and innovative combination of critical theory and deconstruction while also identifying where influential critics like Heidegger fail to do justice to the poet's astonishing radicality. Readers will not only come away with a new appreciation of Hölderlin's poetic and political-theoretical achievements but will also discover the motivating force behind Hamacher's own achievements as a literary scholar and political theorist. An introduction by Julia Ng and an afterword by Peter Fenves provide further information about these studies and the academic and theoretical context in which they were composed
Beschreibung:	'Version of meaning' was submitted to the Freie Universität-Berlin in German in 1971 as a Magisterarbeit under the title Bild und Zeichen in der späten Lyrik Hölderlins. 'Parousia, stonewalls' was originally published in German in 2006 under the title Parousia, Mauern : Mittelbarkeit und Zeitlichkeit, später Hölderlin
Beschreibung:	xx, 208 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:	9781503611115 9781503608399