Benjamin's Theory of the Lyric

The paper reconstructs the argument of Benjamin's early Hölderlin essay, with special emphasis on the notion of das Gedichtete . This notion is shown to name a fundamental dissonance between two semiotic modalities, graphics and Gestalt .

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David E. Wellbery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1986-09-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol11/iss1/3