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Hölderlin e l’immagine socchiusa. Riflessioni sul frammento «Und der Himmel wird…» dello ‘Homburger Folioheft’ tra materialità, divino e segno
Full text linkThe aim of this contribution is to analyse the fragment «Und der Himmel wird…» on page 40 of the Homburger Folioheft, paying particular attention to the notion of the ‘immagine socchiusa’ (slightly closed image). This expression highlights the tension between open and closed, between revealed and veiled, within Hölderlin’s work. The fragment is not written with ink but directly engraved on the paper. This technique invites us to reflect on the choice of medium and material. Furthermore, the theme of the sky, mentioned on page 40, connects the notion of the open with the dimension of the divine. This becomes represented as an invisible being seeking to manifest itself. The influence of Heinse will also be examined, as it is fundamental for understanding the connection between sign, painting, and the divine
«Das ABC der Teutschen Misere!». Drei Misere-Figuren im ‘Hofmeister’ von Bertolt Brecht und die Klassenfrage: [«The ABC of German Misery!». Three Misery-Characters in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘The Tutor’ and the class question]
No full textIn his adaptation of J. M. R. Lenz’s Der Hofmeister oder Vorteile der Privaterziehung [The Tutor or The Benefits of a Private Education], Bertolt Brecht foregrounds the theme of what Marx and Engels, among others, defined as ‘German misery’. This study asks how he succeeds in capturing such a complex phenomenon on stage. It argues that Brecht does so by personifying its facets through key characters: Läuffer, the eternal lackey; Pätus, the philistine; and Wenzeslaus, the teacher of the ‘Untertanen’ [the subordinates]. Their interactions reveal German misery as a pervasive social condition cutting across class boundaries
Premessa / Vorwort
No full textThe fourth volume of “Studia Hölderliniana”, edited by Marco Castellari and Elena Polledri with the collaboration of Stefano Apostolo, is, as usual, published as a special issue of the international journal “Studia theodisca”. It brings together articles and reviews in both German and Italian on the works and reception of the great German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. This issue, in particular, documents the international conference “Wir sind nichts; was wir suchen, ist alles.” Hölderlin zum 250. Geburtstag, which took place during the Hölderlin Year 2020 at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. In addition to papers derived from this academic event, further studies addressing key issues in international research are included. The closing section features three reviews of significant recent contributions to the philological, critical, and cultural discourse surrounding Hölderlin.In addition to the aforementioned Apostolo, Castellari, and Polledri, contributors to the issue include Bettina Faber, Marco Fiorletta, Sarah Gaber, Ulrich Gaier, Daniele Goldoni, Martin Huber, Francesco Rossi, Franco Toscani, and Giuseppe Vacca. The volume is dedicated to Luigi Reitani (1959-2021), a great scholar and translator whose scholarly legacy still leads us with a competent and sensitive hand through the ‘fragments of the future” of Hölderlin’s poetry
Von schönen Seelen, Kugelwesen und Waffenbrüdern. Zur Imagination von Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit in Friedrich Hölderlins «Hyperion oder der Eremit in Griechenland»
Full text linkThis article examines the representation of femininity and masculinity in Friedrich Hölderlin’s Hyperion oder der Eremit in Griechenland. The findings are related on the one hand to the contemporary gender debate around 1800 and on the other to the narrative structure of the novel itself. Via the female main character Diotima, it is possible to show the philosophical ‘enrichment’ that is characteristic of the novel. As a consequence, Diotima selectively transcends the boundaries of her gender. Applying a holistic approach that considers the underlying research results of men’s studies, the article goes on to focus on Hyperion and Alabanda. In doing so, the article examines the three main types of masculinity around 1800 (civil servant, warrior, poet) and how they contribute to the protagonist’s development
Hölderlin: ein romantischer oder ein romantisierter Dichter? Fragment, Umnachtung, ‘obscuritas’, Revolution
Full text linkThis article aims to show how and why a poet who is not classified as a Romantic in literary historical terms, but as one who stands between Classicism and Romanticism and who himself spoke out against Romanticism, was romanticised or became a Romantic in the course of the 20th century. After an introduction to the state of research on Hölderlin and Romanticism and the poet’s relationships with the Romantics of his time, the essay concentrates on Hölderlin’s reception as a Romantic and identifies the main elements that led to the Romantic mythicisation of the poet as: the fragmentary nature of his work, the poet’s identification with his tragic, insane character, obscuritas and the revolution. The second part of the article emphasises Hölderlin’s constant search for ‘measure’, an ever-present feature of his work, with the aim of showing that the figure of the tragic Romantic poet, which his reception has emphasised by focusing on Romantic potential in his writing, is to be distinguished from the poet Hölderlin and his work
Das Passfoto. Fotografie als Identitätsbeweis in Herta Müllers Werk – Identität und Repräsentation: [The passport photo. Photography as proof of identity in Herta Müller’s Work – Identity and Representation]
No full textHerta Müller’s work explores the role of photography, particularly passport photos, as a symbol of identity and a tool of state control. In The Passport and Traveling on One Leg, passport photos reveal the fragmentation and alienation of the characters under oppressive regimes. Through photography, Müller highlights the gap between self-perception and state-imposed identity. The photos, meant to confirm identity, instead reflect its complexity, revealing the struggle between individual freedom and external power structures
Studia theodisca – Hölderliniana IV (2025)
No full textStudia theodisca – Hölderliniana IV (2025). The entire volum
Pannwitz, Hofmannsthal und Österreich: [Pannwitz, Hofmannsthal and Austria]
No full textThis study deals with the relation of the German poet and philosopher Rudolf Pannwitz to Austria in the period 1917-1922, as he was witnessing the dissolution of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire while living in Austria himself. His reflections on Austria’s present and possible future can be traced back in his correspondence with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, an outstanding representative of the Austrian culture at that time, but also in some of the essays he published in the period. An important aspect of the context in which Pannwitz regarded the future of Austria, was his personal contact with Czech intellectuals that resulted in the publication of his book on «The spirit of the Czechs» (1919). Finally, the study aims to place Pannwitz’s intellectual relation to Austria and Bohemia in the context of his view of a European future
«Wir sind nichts; was wir suchen, ist alles»
Full text linkThe aim of this essay is to explain the motto «Wir sind nichts; was wir suchen, ist alles» (We are nothing; what we search for is everything). This sentence can be shown to be essentially neoplatonic and central to Hölderlin’s thought in the areas of ontology, theology, politics and poetics. Thus, Hölderlin joins his neoplatonic contemporaries Hamann, Lessing, Herder, Goethe, Novalis, and Schleiermacher
