Hölderlin’s Sapphic Mode: Revising the Myth of the Male Pindaric Seer
Authors
Winfried Menninghaus
Keywords:
German poetry, Hölderlin, Friedrich, literary influences, Sappho
Abstract
Revising the notion of Hölderlin the Pindaric prophet-poet, the essay presents a Sapphic counterpart in Hölderlin's poetry, and highlights the outstanding significance of Sappho for both the theory of lyrical poetry, gender politics, and the notion of symbolic female authority around 1800.
