The Death of Empedocles: A Mourning-Play (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

The definitive scholarly edition and new translation of all three versions of H?lderlin's poem, The Death of Empedocles, and his related theoretical essays. The Death of Empedocles......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Friedrich Hölderlin: A Brief Chronology......Page 14 General Introduction......Page 24 1. The Frankfurt Plan......Page 50 2. The Death of Empedocles: First Version......Page 58 3. The Death of Empedocles: Second Version......Page 134 4. Essays toward a Theory of the Tragic......Page 162 THE GENERAL BASIS [OF TRAGIC DRAMA]......Page 165 THE BASIS OF EMPEDOCLES......Page 167 THE FATHERLAND IN DECLINE......Page 176 5. Plan of the Third Version of The Death of Empedocles......Page 184 6. The Death of Empedocles: Third Version......Page 192 7. Sketch toward the Continuation of the Third Version......Page 214 Facsimile Pages from Der Tod des Empedokles......Page 220 Notes......Page 244 Analysis......Page 298 Friedrich Holderlin: A Brief Chronology -- 1. The Frankfurt Plan -- 2. The Death Of Empedocles, First Version -- 3. The Death Of Empedocles, Second Version -- 4. Essays Toward A Theory Of The Tragic -- The Tragic Ode -- The General Basis [of Tragic Drama] -- The Basis Of Empedocles -- The Fatherland In Decline -- 5. Plan Of The Third Version Of The Death Of Empedocles -- 6. The Death Of Empedocles, Third Version -- 7. Sketch Toward The Continuation Of The Third Version -- Facsimile Pages From Der Tod Des Empedokles. Friedrich Hölderlin ; [translated By] David Farrell Krell. A New Translation Of The Three Versions And The Related Theoretical Essays With Introduction, Notes, And Analysis By David Farrell Krell. Includes Bibliographical References. Translated From The German. Annotation On the eve of his final odes and hymns, Friedrich Holderlin 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 Holderlin's essays on the theory of tragedy. David Farrell Krell gives readers a brief chronology of Holderlin's life, an introduction to the life and thought of Empedocles-including Holderlin's Empedocles-detailed 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. Book jacket On the eve of his final odes and hymns, Friedrich Hölderlin 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 Hölderlin's essays on the theory of tragedy. David Farrell Krell gives readers a brief chronology of Hölderlin's life, an introduction to the life and thought of Empedocles—including Hölderlin's Empedocles—detailed 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.