Abstract
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.
Keywords: Hölderlin, Walter Benjamin, poetic language, lyric, das Gedichtete, graphics, Gestalt
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Wellbery, D. E., (1986) “Benjamin's Theory of the Lyric”, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature 11(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1188
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