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T. J. Reed's blurb overlooks Ross Benjamin's 2008 translation (Archipelago Books). David Dollenmayer > Hyperion or The Hermit in Greece: Friedrich Hölderlin > Translated by India Russell > > In a series of letters from his native Greece, Hyperion relates his > attempt to escape spiritual poverty, culminating in a clandestine > relationship with his muse, Diotima. > > 'Holderlin's remarkable novel was missing from the corpus of his work > available in translation. India Russell has filled the gap in style, > taking the unashamedly noble poetic prose head-on and rendering it in a > matching style that gives direct access to this extraordinary mind.' (T.J. > Reed, Oxford) > > 'Hölderlin's spirit of search and lament, his celebration of Beauty of > which our fallen world is both the prison and the vehicle, find a fitting > counterpart in India Russell, whose poetic sensibility echoes the poignant > Platonism of the great Romantics.' (John Carey, University College Cork) > > 'Your translation has given me real pleasure. I think you manage to convey > very abundantly the feel of Hölderlin's extraordinary and intensely poetic > prose. And you have the courage not to domesticate the strangeness of what > he writes.' (Martin Swales, University College London) > > Ely: Melrose Books, 1917 > ISBN 978-1-911280-32-3 240pp Hardback: £14.99 > > Available online at > http://www.melrosebooks.co.uk/buy-online?search=Hyperion&field_category_value=fiction > > > Jane Lewin > IMLR Trusts Administrator/Events Manager > Institute of Modern Languages Research > University of London School of Advanced Study > Room 239, Senate House > Malet Street, GB- London WC1E 7HU > Telephone 0044 (0)20 7862 8966 > Website http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales. We > have cut carbon emissions from University buildings by 32% and are > committed to cutting emissions by 43% by 2020. Please think before you > print. > > > > David Dollenmayer Literary Translator from German to English 6 Proctor St. Hopkinton, MA 01748 USA