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Part of the book: The Significance of Locality in the Poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin

David J. Constantine

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 12

Modern Humanities Research Association

RomanticismGermanPoetryopen

Abstract.  Hölderlin's world, as I described it in my first chapter, evolved at the turn of the century, was stable and, in its idea, coherent throughout 1801 when the great hymns were written, and began to disintegrate early in 1802, after Hölderlin's return from Bordeaux. Before 1799 the places used in his poetry were either quite disparate, or only loosely associated in a conventional manner. After 1802 his world first expanded beyond his control and then shrank back to the scope of his room in Tübingen. This second chapter deals with the use Hölderlin made of locality before 1799. Note cues in this chapter refer to endnotes in the end matter of the book.

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