Complete Correspondence of Friedrich Holderlin

The first English translation of Hölderlin's complete correspondence, with a full introduction and notes.
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is widely acknowledged to be one of the most significant European poets and thinkers. His poems fascinate and compel; his role in the development of German Idealism is well-known; and his writings continue to shape philosophical reflections on subjectivity and the place of poetry in the world. Hölderlin's correspondence is indispensable for anyone wanting to come to terms with his work, yet until now only selections have been available in English. This new and complete edition, which also includes all the surviving letters to Hölderlin, ranges from early letters written while he was still at school, via letters responding to the French Revolution and its consequences in Germany, relaying to Hegel his arguments with Fichte's lectures, or setting out his poetic thinking, to the final letters written in his madness to his mother. The chief source of what we know of Hölderlin's biography, this correspondence vitally illuminates his poetry and thought at every point.

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Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is widely acknowledged as among the most significant European poets and thinkersis widely acknowledged as among the most significant European poets and thinkers.Charlie Louth is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including Hölderlin and the Dynamics of Translation and Rilke: The Life of the Work.Charlie Louth is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including Hölderlin and the Dynamics of Translation and Rilke: The Life of the Work.

Product details

• Authors: Friedrich Holderlin, Friedrich Hölderlin
• Assisted by: Louth Charlie (Introduction), Louth Charlie (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2025
• EAN: 9798855804171
• ISBN: 9798855804171
• No. of pages: 750
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Idealism, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, POETRY / European / German, Poetry / poems by individual poets, Published diaries, letters and journals, Poetry / Poems