Book contents
- Heidegger and Literary Studies
- Cambridge Studies in Literature and Philosophy
- Heidegger and Literary Studies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Heidegger and Literature: An Introduction to the Question
- I Literature and Poetry
- 1 Heidegger’s Literary Secret
- 2 The Event’s Foreign Vernacular
- 3 Shared Habits: Love, Time, and The Magic Mountain in 1925
- 4 From Tool to Poem
- 5 Heidegger’s Use of Poetry
- II Heidegger and Greek Literature
- III Heidegger and Literary Works
- Heidegger, Index of Works
- General Index
- References
5 - Heidegger’s Use of Poetry
from I - Literature and Poetry
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Book contents
- Heidegger and Literary Studies
- Cambridge Studies in Literature and Philosophy
- Heidegger and Literary Studies
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Heidegger and Literature: An Introduction to the Question
- I Literature and Poetry
- 1 Heidegger’s Literary Secret
- 2 The Event’s Foreign Vernacular
- 3 Shared Habits: Love, Time, and The Magic Mountain in 1925
- 4 From Tool to Poem
- 5 Heidegger’s Use of Poetry
- II Heidegger and Greek Literature
- III Heidegger and Literary Works
- Heidegger, Index of Works
- General Index
- References
Summary
This chapter addresses Heidegger’s understanding of the relation between philosophy and poetry, inasmuch as each mode of saying has its source in language. Heidegger’s use of poetry has been the object of considerable critical scrutiny; he has frequently been accused of forms of misuse. However, any assessment of what Heidegger understands himself to be doing with the poetic text requires a grasp of his understanding of the notion of use itself (and with this the notion of relation). From this perspective, we have a more founded approach to Heidegger’s manner of thinking with and by way of poetry.
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- Heidegger and Literary Studies , pp. 98 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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