A note on Hölderlin-translation

David F. Krell

pp. 73-84

in: Julia Jansen (ed), Critical communities and aesthetic practices, Berlin, Springer, 2012

Abstract

I reflect on my own experience with translating Hölderlin's "Death of Empedocles." I compare my experience to what we know about Hölderlin's experience of translating Sophocles. In this context, I review Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe's wonderful book Metaphrasis and reflect on his notion of translation.

Cited authors

Lacoue-Labarthe Philippe

Empedocles