The definitive scholarly edition and new translation of all three versions of Hlderlins poem, The Death of Empedocles, and his related theoretical essays.On the eve of his final odes and hymns, Friedrich Hlderlin composed three versions of a dramatic poem on the suicide of the early Greek thinker, Empedocles of Acragas. This book offers the first complete translation of the three versions, along with translations of Hlderlins essays on the theory of tragedy. David Farrell Krell gives readers a brief chronology of Hlderlins life, an introduction to the life and thought of Empedoclesincluding Hlderlins Empedoclesdetailed explanatory notes, and an analysis of the play and the theoretical essays, allowing for a full appreciation of this classic of world literature and philosophy.

Binding: Paperback;330 pages; Publisher: State University of New York Press; Classification: DC; Weight: 592 g; Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 23

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