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Hyperion is an epistolary novel by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. Originally published in two volumes in 1797 (Volume 1) and 1799 (Volume 2), respectively, the full title is Hyperion; or, The Hermit in Greece (German: " Hyperion; oder, Der Eremit in Griechenland ").
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Hyperion, epistolary novel by Friedrich Hölderlin, published in German as Hyperion; oder, der Eremit aus Griechenland (“Hyperion; or, The Hermit in Greece”), in two separate volumes in 1797 and in 1799. Fragments of the work had been published in 1794 in Friedrich Schiller’s periodical Die neue.
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Dec 10, 2020 · Hyperion : or, the hermit in Greece. by. Hölderlin, Friedrich, 1770-1843. Publication date. 1965. Topics. German fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English, Epistolary fiction, German fiction, Greece -- Fiction, Greece. Publisher. New York : Frederick Ungar.
Friedrich Hölderlin’s only novel, Hyperion (1797–99), is a fictional epistolary autobiography that juxtaposes narration with critical reflection. Returning to Greece after German exile, following his part in the abortive uprising against the occupying Turks (1770), and his failure as both a lover and a revolutionary, Hyperion assumes a ...
Feb 25, 2019 · Friedrich Hölderlin’s only novel, Hyperion (1797–99), is a fictional epistolary autobiography that juxtaposes narration with critical reflection. In this skilful translation, Gaskill conveys the beautiful music and rhythms of Hölderlin’s language to an English-speaking reader.
- Howard Gaskill
- February 25, 2019
Friedrich Hölderlin Memorial in Lauffen am Neckar Hölderlin's major publication in his lifetime was his novel Hyperion , which was issued in two volumes (1797 and 1799). Various individual poems were published but attracted little attention.
Hyperion, the hero and narrator of Hölderlin's epistolary novel, is a young Greek living at a time of rebellion against the Ottoman empire. The year 1770 of the Russo-Turkish war is mentioned, which also happens to be the year of Hölderlin's birth. Hyperion writes to a German friend called Bellarmin, occasionally transcribing for his benefit ...
