A Foretaste of Heaven

Friedrich Hölderlin in the Context of Württemberg Pietism
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-5183-784-1
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 114, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm

Reihe: Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur

Using the critical approach of the New Historicism and the sociological insights of Ernst Troeltsch, this study addresses the complicated issue of how the German Romantic poet, Friedrich Hölderlin, shifts religious vocabulary to the aesthetic realm, by examining his relationship to pietist groups in his native Württemberg. The study is divided into three sections: 1) a literature review and methodological statement; 2) overview of the spectrum of positions represented within Württemberg pietism, and a discussion of three pietists known to have had contact with Hölderlin in his youth and as a student; 3) analysis of a representative selection of Hölderlin's works - including his early poems, Hyperion, his theoretical writings on aesthetics, and a number of his late hymns - in light of their relation to Württemberg pietism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hayden-Roy, Priscilla A.