{"product_id":"german-romantic-poetry-carol-appleby-9781861713582","title":"German Romantic Poetry: Goethe, Novalis, Heine, H Lderlin","description":"GERMAN ROMANTIC POETRY by Carol Appleby \u003cp\u003e A study of German Romantic poetry, focusing on four of the great poets of the modern era: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich H lderlin, Heinrich Heine and Novalis. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The book includes lengthy extracts from the poetry of German Romanticism, with a selection of poems by Goethe, Novalis, H lderlin and Heine at the back. This new edition (the 4th) has been revised. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Illustrated. Notes, bibliography. SBN 9781861713584. 184 pages. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e AUTHOR'S NOTE: This book offers an introduction to four of the great German poets of the Romantic era aimed at first-time readers of poetry, students, but also readers familiar with their work. I have concentrated on the poetry, and have included many quotes. Some of the well-known poems by the writers are featured in the second half of the book. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e EXTRACT FROM THE FRIEDRICH H LDERLIN CHAPTER \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Friedrich H lderlin believed in the notion of the poet as shaman, a vates, a prophet. As he wrote in 'An die Deutschen' ('To the Germans'), 'sweet it is to divine, but an affliction too'. And he believed in his poetic world, as poets have to: 'H lderlin's world was one in which he alone believed', wrote Alessandro Pelegrini. His poetry is marked by a movement towards bliss, the ecstasy of the shaman, which H lderlin does not hide. Rather, he cultivates it scrupulously. His lyrics are pure lyrics, set in the Orphic mode, that way of making poetry that comes from Orpheus, the ancient deity of shamanic poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Friedrich H lderlin's poetry, especially his early lyrics, is powerfully shamanic; it is full of shamanic imagery, as is the early poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley or Francesco Petrarch. In H lderlin's art we find images of light, of bliss, of motion, of revelation, all shamanic\/ religious motifs. Heinrich Heine's view of the poet as shaman was more political, aware of the role of the poet in societal revolutions: 'Our age is warmed by the idea of human equality, and the poets, who as high priests do homage to this divine sun, can be certain that thousands kneel down beside them, and that thousands weep and rejoice with them'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Appleby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861713584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861713582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crescent Moon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Carol Appleby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431400329471,"sku":"9781861713582","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b960613-5759-4fa5-b1bf-9c593727e3af.jpg?v=1735141209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/german-romantic-poetry-carol-appleby-9781861713582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}