Hlderlin's Hymns "Germania" and "The Rhine"

[This translation], including a clear and concise introduction and useful glossaries, attains both accuracy and clarity, rarely faltering in its choice of words. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Translated with skill and precision, these lectures . . . not only present the most penetrating analysis of two of Hlderlin's most significant hymns but also constitute Heidegger's most illuminating and fully argued encounter with Hlderlin. . . . Recommended. * Choice *

William McNeill is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. Julia A. Ireland is an Assistant Professor at Whitman College. She has translated (with William McNeill) Hlderlin's Hymn "The Ister" (IUP, 1996).

Translators' Foreword Preliminary Remark Introduction 1. Outline of the Beginning, Manner of Procedure, and Approach of the Lecture Course Part One "Germania" Chapter One Preliminary Reflections: Poetry and Language 2. Provisional Path of Approach to the Poem as a Piece of Text 3. Entering the Domain in which Poetry Unfolds its Power 4. Concerning the Essence of Poetry 5. The Question Concerning the 'We' in the Turbulence of the Dialogue 6. Determining the 'We' from out of the Horizon of the Question of Time 7. The Linguistic Character of Poetry Chapter Two The Fundamental Attunement of Poetizing and the Historicality of Dasein 8. Unfolding the Fundamental Attunement 9. Historical Time and Fundamental Attunement 10. The Locale of Dasein Founded in "Germania" within the Horizon of the Heraclitean Thought 11. Transitional Overview and Summary: Revisiting the Domains Opened Up Thus Far as a Way of Determining More Precisely the Intent of the Lecture Course Part Two "The Rhine" Transitional Remark The Question Concerning What is 'Innermost' in a Poetic Work as a Question of the Opening Up and Founding of Beyng in the Each Time New Prevailing of its Fundamental Attunement Chapter One The Demigods as Mediating Middle between Gods and Humans. The Fundamental Attunement of the Poem. The Beyng of the Demigods and the Calling of the Poet 12. Thinking the Essence of the Demigods in the Founding Projection of the Poet 13. Strophe I. The Point of Departure for the Telling, and the Composure through which it is Experienced. The Apprehending of a Destiny 14. Strophes II and III. The River Rhine as Destiny. Hearing its Origin and Assuming its Vocation Chapter Two A More Incisive Review. Poetizing and Historical Dasein 15. The Task of the Lecture Course: Entering the Domain in Which Poetry Unfolds its Power, and the Opening Up of its Actuality 16. The Fundamental Approach in which our Interpretation Moves, Taking "Germania" as our Point of Departure 17. The Interpretation in Detail. The River Rhine as Demigod 18. Interim Reflection on the Metaphysics of Poetizing Chapter Three That which has Purely Sprung Forth as Strife in the Middle of Beyng 19. Strophe IV. The Enigma of what has Purely Sprung Forth and the Origin of Poetizing 20. Strophes V to IX. Unfolding the Essence of what has Purely Sprung Forth in the Conflict between Springing Forth and Having Sprung-Forth 21. Strophes X Through XIII. Thinking the Beyng of the Demigods Starting From the Gods and From Humans 22. Strophe XIV. Retaining the Mystery. The Thinking of the Poet Grounded in the Poetizing of the Thinker 23. Strophe XV. The Poet as the Other 24. The Metaphysical Locale of Hlderlin's Poetizing Editor's Epilogue Translators' Notes Glossary EnglishGerman GermanEnglish