Two Studies of Friedrich Hölderlin Contributor(s): Hamacher, Werner (Author), Fenves, Peter (Editor), Ng, Julia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1503608395 ISBN-13: 9781503608399 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Philosophy |
Dewey: 831.6 |
LCCN: 2019015389 |
Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Two Studies of Friedrich H lderlin 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 H lderlin'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 H lderlin'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. |