Reason and Energy: Studies in German Literature

by Michael Hamburger

Book Overview

Originally published in 1957, this volume brings together a collection of essays and hard to source translations on both well and lesser known German writers and poets, including H lderlin, Benn, Mann and Nietzsche. The essays are linked by a consideration of the tension between the desire for what Thomas Mann called 'the miracle of ingeniousness regained' and the constrains of reason. The book shows how this tension contributes toward the prophetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367436868
• ISBN13: 9780367436865
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"