Language: German
Published by Das Bergland Buch Klassiker, Salzburg, 1952
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. reprint. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 984pp, 24pp b/w plates, index, edges of the dustjacket alittle rubbed & creased. The complete works of the German poet and philosopher Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin [ 1770 - 1843 ]. Called the 'most German of Germans' he was a key figure of German Romanticism, and a fervent admirer of ancient Greek culture which is reflected in his work. At the base of the title page it reads - erläutert und gedeutet für die Gegenwart. 600 grams.