The Struggle with the Daemon is a brilliant analysis of the European psyche by the great novelist and biographer Stefan Zweig. Zweig studies three giants of German literature and thought: Friedrich Ho¨lderlin, Heinrich von Kleist and Friedrich...
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The Struggle with the Daemon is a brilliant analysis of the European psyche by the great novelist and biographer Stefan Zweig. Zweig studies three giants of German literature and thought: Friedrich Ho¨lderlin, Heinrich von Kleist and Friedrich Nietzsche ? powerful minds whose ideas were at odds with the scientific positivism of their age; troubled spirits whose intoxicating passions drove them mad but inspired them to great works. In their struggle with their inner creative force, Zweig reflects the conflict at the heart of the European soul ? between science and art, reason and inspiration
Cover; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; INTRODUCTION; HÖLDERLIN; A SPLENDID COMPANY OF YOUTHS; CHILDHOOD; LIKENESS AS A STUDENT IN TÜBINGEN; THE POET'S MISSION; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POESY; PHAETHON, OR ENTHUSIASM; SETTING FORTH INTO THE WORLD; A DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER; DIOTIMA; THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS IN THE DARK; HYPERION; THE DEATH OF EMPEDOCLES; HÖLDERLIN'S POETRY; FALL INTO THE INFINITE; EMPURPLED OBSCURITY; SCARDANELLI; KLEIST; THE HUNTED MAN; LIKENESS OF THE UNPORTRAYABLE; PATHOLOGY OF FEELING; PLAN OF LIFE; AMBITION; THE URGE TO DRAMATIC WRITING; WORLD AND TEMPERAMENT
THE TELLER OF TALESLAST TIE; A PASSION FOR DEATH; THE MUSIC OF DESTRUCTION; NIETZSCHE; A ONE-MAN DRAMA; TWOFOLD PORTRAIT; APOLOGIA FOR ILLNESS; THE DON JUAN OF THE INTELLECTUAL WORLD; PASS ION FOR SINCERITY; TRANSFORMATIONS IN SEARCH OF THE TRUE SELF; DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH; FLIGHT INTO MUSIC; THE SEVENTH SOLITUDE; DANCE OVER THE ABYSS; THE TEACHER OF FREEDOM; Also Available from Pushkin Press; About the Publisher; Copyright;
