Selected Poems and Fragments

Friedrich Hölderlin, Jeremy Adler, Jeremy Adler , Michael Hamburger

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Penguin
28 May 1998

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Michael Hamburger's distinguished translation of a selection of poems by German poet Friedrich Holderlin

Friedrich H lderlin (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 H lderlin's use of Classical and Christian imagery and his exploration of cosmology and history in an attempt to find meaning in an uncertain world.

By: Friedrich Hölderlin
Preface by: Michael Hamburger
Foreword by: Jeremy Adler
Edited by: Jeremy Adler
Translated by: Michael Hamburger
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 291g
ISBN: 9780140424164
ISBN 10: 0140424164
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 28 May 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

As well as his poems on classical themes, the German poet Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) is author of the novel HYPERION. Michael Hamburger was born in Berlin in 1924. His family emigrated to England in 1933. His own collections of poetry include FLOWERING CACTUS, WEATHER AND SEASON and OWNERLESS EARTH: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, and his many distinguished translations include versions of Hofmannsthal and Grass, as well as the POEMS AND FRAGMENTS, on which he worked for many years.