Literature and Theology Advance Access originally published online on October 14, 2009
Literature and Theology 2009 23(4):401-420; doi:10.1093/litthe/frp045
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Hölderlins Atheisms
Worcester College, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 2HB, UK daniel.whistler{at}worc.ox.ac.uk
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This essay initiates an interrogation of Friedrich Hölderlins last (post-1806) poetry from the point of view of his pre-1806 works. It argues that, while the theological underpinnings of this earlier writing are systematically rejected in Hölderlins last writings, this does not necessarily mean that there is no connection whatsoever between the two. On the contrary, I give three readings of the last poetry which attempt progressively to pinpoint its theological significance.