The Abyss Above: Philosophy and Poetic Madness in Plato, Hölderlin, and Nietzsche

Author:   Silke-Maria Weineck
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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Pages:   180
Publication Date:   03 July 2002
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Uses the figure of the mad poet to explore the connections between madness and creativity.

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Author:   Silke-Maria Weineck
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.254kg
ISBN:  

9780791454282


ISBN 10:   0791454282
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   03 July 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Future Perfect Cassandra, or the Belated Truth of Madness Total and Restricted Madness The Limits of Madness and the Limits of Philosophy From Divine Reason to Madness under the Death of God Epilogue 1. Talking About Homer: Poetic Madness, Philosophy, and the Birth of Criticism Talking about Homer Phaedrus: Madly Made Meaning Philosophy's Mad Demon 2. The Abyss Above: Holderlin: Madness, Philosophy, and Tragedy in the Absence of the Gods Introduction: Madness and the Labor of Poetry Translating Greece Antigone and Oedipus: Madness and Sign 3. Nietzsche: The Marketplaces of Madness Introduction: Nietzsche's Madness and the Fear of Contamination Nietzsche's Madmen (1): The Artist in the Ditch, or from Metaphysics to Metaphysiology Nietzsche's Madmen (2): Meta-Morality, or the Madness of New Thought Nietzsche's Madmen (3): The Last Madman on the Marketplace The Hyperborean: La Vache Qui Danse Conclusion: Logos and Pallaksch: Paul Celan's ""Tubingen, Janner"" Anachrony Appropriation Anamnesis Notes Bibliography Index"

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"""...an original contribution to the study of philosophy and literature."" - CHOICE ""This book is a major contribution to the exploration of madness. Weineck's original readings demonstrate her admirable grasp of German intellectual history and literature. Her argumentation is sophisticated."" - Karin Bauer, author of Adorno's Nietzschean Narratives: Critiques of Ideology, Readings of Wagner ""No one intending to think or write on Plato, Holderlin, or Nietzsche can afford to do so without a knowledge of Weineck's chapters."" - Stanley Corngold, author of Complex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in German Literature ""Absolutely fascinating on every page. One learns from Weineck's way of putting things as well as from the points themselves. "" - John McCumber, author of Poetic Interaction: Language, Freedom, Reason"


...an original contribution to the study of philosophy and literature. - CHOICE This book is a major contribution to the exploration of madness. Weineck's original readings demonstrate her admirable grasp of German intellectual history and literature. Her argumentation is sophisticated. - Karin Bauer, author of Adorno's Nietzschean Narratives: Critiques of Ideology, Readings of Wagner No one intending to think or write on Plato, Holderlin, or Nietzsche can afford to do so without a knowledge of Weineck's chapters. - Stanley Corngold, author of Complex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in German Literature Absolutely fascinating on every page. One learns from Weineck's way of putting things as well as from the points themselves. - John McCumber, author of Poetic Interaction: Language, Freedom, Reason


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Silke-Maria Weineck is Assistant Professor of German Studies at the University of Michigan.

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