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The Myth of Poetry: On Heidegger's "Hölderlin"

The Myth of Poetry: On Heidegger's "Hölderlin" THE MYTH OF POETRY: ON HEIDEGGER'S "HÖLDERLIN" Andreas Grossmann Martin Heidegger closely associated his thought with poetry, especially Friedrich Hölderlin's. But where precisely can this connection be detected? Why, as Hans-Georg Gadamer claimed, is "Hölderlin always at the center" of Heidegger's thought? (76ff, 81). To put the question in other terms, why did Heidegger regard thought as being brought to a decision in Hölderlin's poetry--a decision against what in his view was representational thinking and for an "other beginning" of thought? In my view, the dialogue that Heidegger envisioned with Hölderlin involves at key points the problem of myth. The fact that myth, superbly expressed in Hölderlin's poetry, "remains the most thoughtworthy thing,"as Heidegger puts it in Was heißt Denken? [What Is Called Thinking?] (Vorträge 131), compels Heidegger to "draw Hölderlin's poetic language into the realm of thought" (132). Poetry and thinking thus gain an unanticipated proximity. Their dialogue can, however, only be expected to succeed, Heidegger insists, "if the gap between poetry and thought gapes purely and decisively" (132). Thus, a proximity between poetry and thinking can only properly be claimed on the basis of their irreducible remoteness. Poetry and thought are not the same, but are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Comparatist University of North Carolina Press

The Myth of Poetry: On Heidegger's "Hölderlin"

Grossmann, Andreas.
The Comparatist , Volume 28 (1) – Oct 3, 2004
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THE MYTH OF POETRY: ON HEIDEGGER'S "HÖLDERLIN" Andreas Grossmann Martin Heidegger closely associated his thought with poetry, especially Friedrich Hölderlin's. But where precisely can this connection be detected? Why, as Hans-Georg Gadamer claimed, is "Hölderlin always at the center" of Heidegger's thought? (76ff, 81). To put the question in other terms, why did Heidegger regard thought as being brought to a decision in Hölderlin's poetry--a decision against what in his view was representational thinking and for an "other beginning" of thought? In my view, the dialogue that Heidegger envisioned with Hölderlin involves at key points the problem of myth. The fact that myth, superbly expressed in Hölderlin's poetry, "remains the most thoughtworthy thing,"as Heidegger puts it in Was heißt Denken? [What Is Called Thinking?] (Vorträge 131), compels Heidegger to "draw Hölderlin's poetic language into the realm of thought" (132). Poetry and thinking thus gain an unanticipated proximity. Their dialogue can, however, only be expected to succeed, Heidegger insists, "if the gap between poetry and thought gapes purely and decisively" (132). Thus, a proximity between poetry and thinking can only properly be claimed on the basis of their irreducible remoteness. Poetry and thought are not the same, but are

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