2. The Anxiety of Theory: Hölderlin’s Poetology as Skeptical Syndrome

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on Translations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: On Orientation 1
6. 1. Skepticism and the Struggle over Finitude: Stanley Cavell 16
7. 2. The Anxiety of Theory: Hölderlin’s Poetology as Skeptical Syndrome 43
8. 3. Calls for Communion: Hölderlin’s Late Poetry 84
9. 4. Malevolent Intimacies: Rilke and Skeptical Vulnerability 118
10. 5. Figuring Finitude: Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus 156
11. Epilogue: “Desperate Conversation”—Poetic Finitude in Paul Celan and After 193
12. Selected Bibliography 205
13. Index 215