Ellipsis: Of Poetry and the Experience of Language After Heidegger, Holderlin, and Blanchot (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Examines poetic language in the work of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Blanchot. Ellipsis......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 Part 1. The Mark of a Poem......Page 38 1. Repeat: The Experience of Poetic Language......Page 40 ...THE TURNING OF LOGOS.........Page 45 ....SAYING THE SAME . . .......Page 53 . . .THE LIMIT OF WRITING . . .......Page 59 . . . AGAIN, ANEW . . .......Page 67 2. Hiding: Figures of Cryptophilia in the Work of Art......Page 74 . . . EARTH AND PHUSIS: DRAW-ING AND POLEMOS:POETRY AND LOGOS . . .......Page 79 . . . EARTH AND PHUSIS: DRAW-ING AND POLEMOS:POETRY AND LOGOS . . .......Page 86 . . . EARTH AND PHUSIS: DRAW-ING AND POLEMOS:POETRY AND LOGOS . . .......Page 94 . . . THESIS: STELLEN: PERAS . . .......Page 100 3. Beyond: The Limits of the Word in Heidegger and Blanchot......Page 106 . . . THE READING OF THE WORD . . .......Page 113 . . . THE WRITING OF THE WORD . . .......Page 123 . . . THE POSITION OF THE WORD . . .......Page 130 Part 2. The Repetition of Language......Page 136 4. Suspending: The Translation of Tragedy in Hölderlin’s Essays......Page 138 . . . THE CHIASMIC GROUND OF EMPEDOCLES . . .......Page 143 . . . THE CAESURA OF OEDIPUS . . .......Page 149 . . . THE ECCENTRICITY OF ANTIGONE . . .......Page 157 . . . THE RHYTHM OF DYSMORON . . .......Page 162 5. A Void: Writing and the Essence of Language......Page 168 . . . BEARING OUT . . .......Page 173 . . . THE PAIN OF LANGUAGE . . .......Page 177 . . . INTO THE SPACE OF RENUNCIATION . . .......Page 185 . . . IN PALIMPSEST . . .......Page 197 6. Fragmenting: L’iter-rature of Relation......Page 204 . . . “WITHOUT RETURN” . . .......Page 208 . . . . . .......Page 220 . . . “NEVER REPEAT” . . .......Page 223 . . . (REFRAIN) . . .......Page 227 Notes......Page 232 D......Page 250 H......Page 251 L......Page 252 P......Page 253 Z......Page 254 Examines poetic language in the work of Heidegger, Hlderlin, and Blanchot. What is the nature of poetic language when its experience involves an encounter with finitude; with failure, loss, and absence? For Martin Heidegger this experience is central to any thinking that would seek to articulate the meaning of being, but for Friedrich Hlderlin and Maurice Blanchot it is a mark of the tragic and unanswerable demands of poetic language. In Ellipsis , a rigorous, original study on the language of poetry, the language of philosophy, and the limits of the word, William S. Allen offers the first in-depth examination of the development of Heideggers thinking of poetic languagewhich remains his most radical and yet most misunderstood workthat carefully balances it with the impossible demands of this experience of finitude, an experience of which Hlderlin and Blanchot have provided the most searching examinations. In bringing language up against its limits, Allen shows that poetic language not only exposes thinking to its abyssal grounds, but also indicates how the limits of our existence come themselves, traumatically, impossibly, to speak. This is a very serious work of thought that makes a valuable contribution to current discussions about language in the writings of Heidegger and Hlderlin. There are passages that are memorable not only for their insightfulness, but also because in an extremely condensed formulation, a genuinely original intuition is articulated with clarity and precision. It is a virtuoso performance. David Michael Kleinberg-Levin, author of Gestures of Ethical Reading Hlderlins Question of Measure After Heidegger What is the nature of poetic language when its experience involves an encounter with finitude; with failure, loss, and absence? For Martin Heidegger this experience is central to any thinking that would seek to articulate the meaning of being, but for Friedrich Hölderlin and Maurice Blanchot it is a mark of the tragic and unanswerable demands of poetic language. In Ellipsis, a rigorous, original study on the language of poetry, the language of philosophy, and the limits of the word, William S. Allen offers the first in-depth examination of the development of Heidegger's thinking of poetic language—which remains his most radical and yet most misunderstood work—that carefully balances it with the impossible demands of this experience of finitude, an experience of which Hölderlin and Blanchot have provided the most searching examinations. In bringing language up against its limits, Allen shows that poetic language not only exposes thinking to its abyssal grounds, but also indicates how the limits of our existence come themselves, traumatically, impossibly, to speak. Introduction -- The Mark Of A Poem -- Repeat: The Experience Of Poetic Language -- The Turning Of Logos -- Saying The Same -- The Limit Of Writing -- Again, Anew -- Hiding: Figures Of Cryptophilia In The Work Of Art -- Earth And Phusis -- Draw-ing And Polemos -- Poetry And Logos -- Thesis : Stellen: Peras -- Beyond: The Limits Of The Word In Heidegger And Blanchot -- The Reading Of The Word -- The Writing Of The Word -- The Position Of The Word -- The Repetition Of Language -- Suspending: The Translation Of Tragedy In Hölderlin's Essays -- The Chiasmic Ground Of Empedocles -- The Caesura Of Oedipus -- The Eccentricity Of Antigone -- The Rhythm Of Dysmoron -- A Void: Writing And The Essence Of Language -- Bearing Out -- The Pain Of Language -- Into The Space Of Renunciation -- In Palimpsest -- Fragmenting L'iter-rature Of Relation -- Without Return -- ... -- Never Repeat -- (refrain). William S. Allen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217-234) And Index. Introduction The mark of a poem Repeat: the experience of poetic language The turning of logos Saying the same The limit of writing Again, anew Hiding: figures of Cryptophilia in the work of art Earth and phusis Draw-ing and polemos Poetry and logos Thesis : stellen: peras Beyond: the limits of the word in Heidegger and Blanchot The reading of the word The writing of the word The position of the word The repetition of language Suspending: the translation of tragedy in Ho lderlin's essays The chiasmic ground of Empedocles The Caesura of Oedipus The eccentricity of Antigone The rhythm of Dysmoron A void: writing and the essence of language Bearing out The pain of language Into the space of renunciation In palimpsest Fragmenting l'iter-rature of relation Without return ... Never repeat (Refrain).

examines Poetic Language In The Work Of Heidegger, Hölderlin And Blanchot.