
Poems and Fragments
Friedrich Holderlin(Author)
Anvil Press Poetry
4th Edition
Published on 31. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
832 pages
978-0-85646-360-0 (ISBN)
Description
Michael Hamburger has been translating the poetry of Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) for over half a century. This lifelong preoccupation culminates in this fourth bilingual edition, incorporating revisions, new translations and other supplementary material. It is the classic English edition of Holderlin's poetry for our age.
Reviews / Votes
'...majestic versions... Hamburger captures Holderlin's troubled, prophetic (and very modern) tone and mood superbly. These great translations provide a perfect antidote to our insular orthodoxies.'Boyd Tonkin, The New StatesmanMore details
Series
24
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
German
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85646-360-0 (9780856463600)
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Persons
Michael Hamburger was born in Berlin in 1924, and came to Britain as a child. He is one of our leading poets and critics, as well as the foremost contemporary translator of German poetry. His `Collected Poems 1941-1994' and several later books of poetry are published by Anvil, as is his `Poems of Paul Celan', for which he was awarded the EC's first European Translation Prize in 1992. Anvil has also published his selections from the poetry of Goethe, Rilke and Peter Huchel and his critical study of modern poetry, `The Truth of Poetry'.