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Book SynopsisMendicino retraces the ways in which the task of translation is tied in Romantic writing to prophecy, not in the sense of telling future events, but in the sense of speaking in the place of another, such that language takes place in more than one voice—and tongue—at once, unpredictably.
Trade Review"Prophecies of Language offers strikingly original insights into some of the most complex dimensions of Idealist and Romantic thought. Mendicino's ingenious analyses help us rethink the singular challenges of these canonical texts in innovative ways." -- -Jan Mieszkowski Reed College
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Pitfalls of Translating Philosophy: Or, the Languages of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit Language at an Impasse, in Passing: Wilhelm von Humboldt's Agamemnon- Translation Prophecy, Spoken Otherwise: In the Language of Aeschylus' Cassandra Prophetic Poetry, Ad Infinitum: Friedrich Schlegel's Daybreak Empedocles, Empyrically Speaking-: Friedrich Holderlin's Tragic Ode Disclosure Bibliography
