Hölderlin after the catastrophe : Heidegger, Adorno, Brecht / Robert Savage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savage, Robert (Robert Ian), author.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)

Studies in German literature, linguistics and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843--Appreciation.

Hölderlin, Friedrich.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. Abendländische Gespräch.

Heidegger, Martin.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. Parataxis.

Adorno, Theodor W.

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Antigone des Sophokles.

Brecht, Bertolt.

National socialism and literature.

Literature and history--Germany.

Literature and history.

Collective memory--Germany.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Toward the end of the Second World War, the works of the great German poet Friedrich Hölderlin were heavily exploited by Nazi propaganda as a source of spiritual strength for the war-weary German people. Once the fires had burned out, scholars attempted to absolve Hölderlin of any responsibility for his wartime (mis)appropriation. Only a few saw that his work would have to be reread in the light of the iniquities that had been said and done in his name. This book examines how Hölderlin was taken up by three such thinkers, among the most influential and controversial of their time: Martin Heidegger, Theodor W. Adorno, and Bertolt Brecht. It extrapolates from their writings on the poet three irreconcilable paradigms of reception - conversation, polemic, and citation - that are of significance for the broader project of working through the tarnished German cultural legacy after 1945. In each case, Hölderlin is examined as the occasion for salvaging that legacy after, from, and in view of the catastrophe. This first full-length study of Hölderlin's postwar reception will be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of German literature, European philosophy, the politics of cultural memory, and critical theory. Robert Savage is ARC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Contents:

Introduction: Hölderlin after the catastrophe

Conversation: Heidegger, "Das abendländische Gespräch"

Polemic: Adorno, "Parataxis"

Citation: Brecht, Die Antigone des Sophokles

Epilogue: Three anniversaries.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94688-9

9786612946882

1-57113-798-X

OCLC:

889948743