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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828002303321

Autore

Weineck Silke-Maria <1963->

Titolo

The abyss above : philosophy and poetic madness in Plato, Holderlin, and Nietzsche / / Silke-Maria Weineck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002

ISBN

0-7914-8828-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

190

Soggetti

Philosophy - History

Poetry - History and criticism

Literature and mental illness - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""THE ABYSS ABOVE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION: FUTURE PERFECT""; ""CASSANDRA, OR THE BELATED TRUTH OF MADNESS""; ""TOTAL AND RESTRICTED MADNESS""; ""THE LIMITS OF MADNESS AND THE LIMITSOF PHILOSOPHY""; ""FROM DIVINE REASON TO MADNESSUNDER THE DEATH OF GOD""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""1. TALKING ABOUT HOMER""; ""TALKING ABOUT HOMER""; ""PHAEDRUS: MADLY MADE MEANING""; ""PHILOSOPHY�S MAD DEMON""; ""2. THE ABYSS ABOVE""; ""INTRODUCTION: MADNESS AND THE LABOR OF POETRY""; ""TRANSLATING GREECE""; ""ANTIGONE AND OEDIPUS: MADNESS AND SIGN""

""G""""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Uses the figure of the mad poet to explore the connections between madness and creativity.