{"product_id":"holderlin-after-the-catastrophe-heidegger-adorno-brecht-9781571133205","title":"Hölderlin After the Catastrophe: Heidegger -- Adorno -- Brecht","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Savage\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Camden House (NY)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Camden House (NY)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - German\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToward the end of the Second World War, the works of the great German poet Friedrich H�lderlin were heavily exploited by Nazi propaganda as a source of spiritual strength for the war-weary German people. Once the fires had burned out, scholars attempted to absolve H�lderlin of any responsibility for his wartime (mis)appropriation. Only a few saw that his work would have to be reread in the light of the iniquities that had been said and done in his name. This book examines how H�lderlin was taken up by three such thinkers, among the most influential and controversial of their time: Martin Heidegger, Theodor W. Adorno, and Bertolt Brecht. It extrapolates from their writings on the poet three irreconcilable paradigms of reception -- conversation, polemic, and citation -- that are of significance for the broader project of working through the tarnished German cultural legacy after 1945. In each case, H�lderlin is examined as the occasion for salvaging that legacy after, from, and in view of the catastrophe. This first full-length study of H�lderlin's postwar reception will be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of German literature, European philosophy, the politics of cultural memory, and critical theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ROBERT SAVAGE is ARC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.","brand":"Camden House (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47586417377431,"sku":"9781571133205","price":12151.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781571133205.webp?v=1774964044","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/holderlin-after-the-catastrophe-heidegger-adorno-brecht-9781571133205","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}