{"product_id":"9781861716699","title":"German Romantic Poetry: Goethe, Novalis, Heine, Holderlin","description":"GERMAN ROMANTIC POETRY\u003cp\u003eBy Carol Appleby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREVISED AND UPDATED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA study of German Romantic poetry, focusing on four of the great poets of the modern era: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Hplderlin, Heinrich Heine and Novalis. \u003cbr\u003eThe book includes lengthy extracts from the poetry of German Romanticism, with a selection of poems by Goethe, Novalis, Holderlin and Heine at the back. This new edition (the 4th) has been revised. \u003cbr\u003eIllustrated. ISBN 9781861713254. 184 pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR'S NOTE: This book offers an introduction to four of the great German poets of the Romantic era aimed at first-time readers of poetry, students, but also readers familiar with their work. I have concentrated on the poetry, and have included many quotes. Some of the well-known poems by the writers are featured in the second half of the book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXTRACT FROM THE FRIEDRICH HOLDERLIN CHAPTER \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Holderlin believed in the notion of the poet as shaman, a vates, a prophet. As he wrote in 'An die Deutschen' ('To the Germans'), 'sweet it is to divine, but an affliction too'. And he believed in his poetic world, as poets have to: 'Holderlin's world was one in which he alone believed', wrote Alessandro Pelegrini. His poetry is marked by a movement towards bliss, the ecstasy of the shaman, which Holderlin does not hide. Rather, he cultivates it scrupulously. His lyrics are pure lyrics, set in the Orphic mode, that way of making poetry that comes from Orpheus, the ancient deity of shamanic poetry. \u003cbr\u003e Friedrich Holderlin's poetry, especially his early lyrics, is powerfully shamanic; it is full of shamanic imagery, as is the early poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley or Francesco Petrarch. In Holderlin's art we find images of light, of bliss, of motion, of revelation, all shamanic\/ religious motifs. Heinrich Heine's view of the poet as shaman was more political, aware of the role of the poet in societal revolutions: 'Our age is warmed by the idea of human equality, and the poets, who as high priests do homage to this divine sun, can be certain that thousands kneel down beside them, and that thousands weep and rejoice with them'. \u003cbr\u003e'Hyperion's Song of Fate' is one of the best examples of Friedrich Holderlin's lyricism, his Orphic\/ shamanic voice, his Hellenism, and his triumphant use of the hymn or ode form: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIhr wandelt droben im Licht\u003cbr\u003e Auf weichen Boden, seelige Genien!\u003cbr\u003e Glänzende Goantterlüfte\u003cbr\u003e Rühren euch leicht,\u003cbr\u003e Wie die Finger der Künstlerin\u003cbr\u003e Heilige Saiten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchiksaallos, wie der schlafende\u003cbr\u003e Säugling, athmen die Himmlischen;\u003cbr\u003e Keusch bewahrt\u003cbr\u003e In bescheidener Knospe,\u003cbr\u003e Blühet ewig\u003cbr\u003e Ihnen der Geist,\u003cbr\u003e Und die seeligen Augen\u003cbr\u003e Bliken in stiller\u003cbr\u003e Ewiger Klarheit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoch uns ist gegeben,\u003cbr\u003e Auf keiner Stätte zu ruhn,\u003cbr\u003e Es schwinden, es fallen\u003cbr\u003e Die leidenden Menschen\u003cbr\u003e Blindlings von einer\u003cbr\u003e Stunde zur andern,\u003cbr\u003e Wie Wasser von Lippe,\u003cbr\u003e Zu Lippe geworfen,\u003cbr\u003e Jahr lang ins Ungewisse hinab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[You walk above in the light, weightless tread a soft floor, blessed genii! radiant the gods' mild breezes gently play on you as the girl artist's fingers on holy strings. Fateless the Heavenly breathe like an unweaned infant asleep; chastely preserved in modest bud for ever their minds are in flower and their blissful eyes eternally tranquil glaze, eternally clear. But we are fated to find no foothold, no rest, and suffering mortals dwindle and fall headlong from one hour to the next, hurled like water from ledge to ledge downward for years to the vague abyss.]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crescent Moon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062672900336,"sku":"9781861716699","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861716699_p0.jpg?v=1763600846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861716699","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}