{"product_id":"odes-and-elegies-9780819511904","title":"Odes and Elegies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful translations of a seminal figure in modern poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGladly the boatman turns home to the river's calm\u003cbr\u003e From his harvest on faraway isles;\u003cbr\u003e If only I too were homeward bound;\u003cbr\u003e Yet what harvest have I but sorrow?--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO blessèd riverbanks that raised me, \u003cbr\u003e Can you ease the sorrows of love? Ah, when I come\u003cbr\u003e To you, woods of my youth, will you\u003cbr\u003e Grant me peace once again?\u003cbr\u003e --From \"Home\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than a century, Friedrich Hölderlin has been considered one of the key figures in modern European literature. The translations in Odes and Elegies, including poems never before available in English, render forcefully and directly the deep longing and heartbreak of Hölderlin's poetic world. A bilingual edition, this book is the first major translation of these poems since the 1960s.\u003ci\u003e Odes and Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e opens to the English reader the unique poetic voice that marks Hölderlin's achievement and continuing influence on poetry and philosophy today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSample Poem: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGladly the boatman turns home to the river's calm\u003cbr\u003e From his harvest on faraway isles;\u003cbr\u003e If only I too were homeward bound;\u003cbr\u003e Yet what harvest have I but sorrow?--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO blessèd riverbanks that raised me, \u003cbr\u003e Can you ease the sorrows of love? Ah, when I come\u003cbr\u003e To you, woods of my youth, will you\u003cbr\u003e Grant me peace once again?\u003cbr\u003e--From \"Home\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), whose work has influenced such figures as Rilke, Celan, Heidegger, Adorno, and Benjamin, is considered by many to be one of the most important German lyric poets. Nick Hoff is a writer and translator who lives in San Francisco. His translations have been published in \u003ci\u003eTelos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Left Curve\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528562872594,"sku":"9780819511904","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6e4415c-f532-482c-93e3-e9433664075e.jpg?v=1731330982","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/odes-and-elegies-9780819511904","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}