Hölderlin, Friedrich: Selected Poems and Letters

Friedrich Hölderlin: Selected Poems and Letters Translated by Christopher Middleton (The Last Books, paperback) Publication Date: March 5, 2019 Publisher Marketing: Although he received little recognition during his lifetime, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) has come to be considered one of Europe's greatest poets. His visionary work—at once local and cosmic—has influenced such figures as Rilke, Heidegger, Celan, and Cixous. This bilingual volume contains translations of thirty-one poems and fourteen letters, as well as an Introduction, Notes, and commentary by the highly regarded poet and translator Christopher Middleton. "This is an extraordinarily rich and powerful selected assemblage of Hölderlin's writings—poems and also letters—bilingual and translated with intense inwardness, situated by accompanying commentary and discussion in both the historical contingency of the poet's Lebenswelt and at the same time in his passional spirit-thinking as it evolves and informs his poetical ex