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Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the German by James Mitchell. Readers of these carefully crafted translations by James Mitchell will profit not only by their economy and clarity of expression, but also by the fact that the same translating technique allows Hölderlin's imagery and remarkable spiritual imagination to shine forth in English. Friedrich Hölderlin was born in Germany in 1770 and studied in Tübingen from 1788 to 1793, where he became friends with fellow students Hegel and Schelling. Thereafter he wrote some of the most fascinating lyric poetry in the history of German literature. Translator James Mitchell has lived and worked for many years in Germany and San Francisco as a writer, book publisher and college teacher. This second edition provides the original texts in German.
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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770—6 June 1843) was a major German lyric poet. His work bridges the Classical and Romantic schools. Having spent most of his life tormented by mental illness, he suffered great loneliness, and often spent his time playing the piano, drawing, reading, writing, and enjoyed traveling when he had the chance.
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It's really amazing that one of Germany's best known Romantic poets has remained all but unknown in the United States. Readers of these carefully crafted translations by James Mitchell will profit not only by their economy and clarity of expression, but also by the fact that the same translating technique allows Holderlin's imagery and remarkable spiritual imagination to shine forth in English. Compare for example the following lines taken from "Bread and Wine" as translated by Michael Hamburger in the Penguin Classics series: "Marvellous is her favour, Night's, the exalted, and no one Knows what it is or whence comes all she does and bestows. So she works on the world and works on our souls ever hoping...," with the same verse translated by Mitchell: "The kindness of exalted Night is wonderful, and no one Knows where she comes from, or what will emerge from her. Thus she moves the world, and the hopeful minds of humans...." --William Torphy
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- PublisherIthuriel's Spear
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0974950297
- ISBN 13 9780974950297
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages116
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