Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. THE PITFALLS OF TRANSLATING PHILOSOPHY: OR, THE LANGUAGES OF G. W. F. HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT 20
5. LANGUAGE AT AN IMPASSE, IN PASSING: WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT’S AGAMEMNON TRANSLATION 62
6. PROPHECY, SPOKEN OTHERWISE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF AESCHYLUS’S CASSANDRA 94
7. PROPHETIC POETRY, AD INFINITUM: FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL’S DAYBREAK 118
8. EMPEDOCLES, EMPYRICALLY SPEAKING—: FRIEDRICH HÖLDERLIN’S TRAGIC ÖDE 152
9. DISCLOSURE 186
10. Acknowledgments 193
11. Notes 195
12. Works Cited 261
13. Index 277