Friedrich Hölderlin (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Other Literary Forms
The deep love for Greek culture that marked Friedrich Hölderlin’s lyric poetry also had a profound impact on his other literary endeavors. Aside from his verse, he is most remembered for the epistolary novel Hyperion: Oder, Der Eremit in Griechenland (1797, 1799; Hyperion: Or, The Hermit in Greece, 1965). In the story of a disillusioned Greek freedom fighter, the author captured in rhythmic prose much of his own inner world. The novel is especially notable for its vivid imagery and its power of thought and language. Fascination with the...
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