Friedrich Hoelderlin's Life, Poetry and Madness

Friedrich Hoelderlin's Life, Poetry and Madness

Wilhelm Waiblinger
Our Price:  £2.99
List Price:  £5.99
Saving Of:  50%

Availability:  

  

In stock

Author:  Wilhelm Waiblinger
Condition:  New
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  80
Publisher:  Hesperus Press Ltd
Year:  2018
ISBN:  9781843915973

After a childhood marked by loss and grief, Hölderlin studied theology in the illustrious company of Hegel and Schelling, before concentrating on poetry and writing his most famous work, Hyperion. But, afflicted by the pressures of life and a doomed love affair, he gradually went mad, and spent the final thirty-six years of his life in a solitary tower in Tübingen, cared for by a kindly carpenter. The younger poet Wilhelm Waiblinger (1804-30) was one of the few people to gain Hölderlin's confidence, and visited him often; this is his beautifully written memoir of the stricken poet, a unique insight into his personality, sensitively translated by Will Stone.

You may also like
We Were Blackwater: Life, death and madness in the killing fields of Iraq - an SAS veteran's explosive true story
Barrie "Baz" Rice
Condition: New
£20.00   £8.99

This is the untold story of the security industry and its private war in Iraq, recounted by a man who witnessed it first hand. His visceral, no-holds-barred account of his time with Blackwater is brought to life in scenes that lead to a reckoning with both the war and himself.


Should I Buy This Book?: Life's hardest decisions made easy... by flow chart
Tobias Anthony
Condition: New
£9.99   £4.99

Stop before making another terrible decision again! Let this book put you on the right path.


Rhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who God Made You to Be
Alastair Sterne
Condition: New
£9.99   £4.99

Spiritual transformation is not a one-size-fits-all journey-we each need distinct spiritual rhythms that align us with our unique identity and calling in Christ. In this practical book Alastair Sterne shows how we can craft a life of more intentionality, offering fourfold rhythms that point us upward to God, inward to self, withward in community, and outward in mission.