{"product_id":"selected-poems-and-fragments-by-friedrich-holderlin-9780140424164","title":"Selected Poems and Fragments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Hamburger's distinguished translation of a selection of poems by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is now recognised as one of Europe's supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology and history, from mythological times to the discovery of America and his own era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 'Canticles of Night', by contrast, include enigmatic fragments in an unprecedented style, which anticipates the Symbolists and Surrealists. Together, the works collected in \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems and Fragments\u003c\/em\u003e show Hölderlin's use of Classical and Christian imagery and his exploration of cosmology and history in an attempt to find meaning in an uncertain world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551476109548,"sku":"9780140424164","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27129413482237.jpg?v=1750005336","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/selected-poems-and-fragments-by-friedrich-holderlin-9780140424164","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}