Selected Poems and Fragments
$31.13
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
28 May 1998
Summary
Michael Hamburger’s distinguished translation of a selection of poems by German poet 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140424164 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140424164 |
| Author: | Friedrich Hölderlin, Jeremy Adler, Michael Hamburger |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 May 1998 |
| Weight: | 297g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) was a German poet, also known for his novel Hyperion.
Michael Hamburger was born in Berlin in 1924. His family emigrated to England in 1933. His poetry collections include Flowering Cactus, Weather and Season, and Ownerless Earth: New and Selected Poems. His translations include works by Hofmannsthal and Grass, as well as Poems and Fragments, a project he dedicated many years to.
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