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Hölderlin after the catastrophe : Heidegger, Adorno,
Brecht
Robert Savage
Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House,
c2008
ISBN: 9781571133205
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Book description
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.
About the author
Robert Savage is ARC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre
for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University,
Melbourne.
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