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Junto a Goethe, Nietzsche y Rilke, tres personalidades que prueban la existencia del " perpetuum mobile " en el ser humano, Heine es uno de los grandes clásicos alemanes que han hecho del viaje forma de vida y fuente de inspiración. De Heine se ha llegado a decir que sus viajes fueron su trabajo de campo literario. Quizás por eso, su vida fue un constante ir y venir por la geografía alemana, italiana, inglesa y francesa. Su peregrinación por las ciudades y paisajes europeos va a ser incesante: de su natal Düsseldorf al París en el que fallece, su vida será una sucesión de etapas y un continuo moverse en busca de inspiración, asentamiento social o salud.El enorme material literario que Heine puso bajo el título de cuadros de viaje comprende diversas obras independientes que se refieren a distintos destinos de sus numerosos viajes. Hemos seleccionado algunos de los cuadros que forman un conjunto compacto en su obra: el " Viaje al Harz " y los " cuadros " a los que dio el título " Ita

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Muchos son los lectores que otorgan al genial poeta HEINRICH HEINE (1797-1856) un puesto de máxima relevancia en la historia de la literatura, pero no en la del pensamiento. Sin embargo el propio Heine manifestó en reiteradas ocasiones su voluntad de figurar en este segundo campo, superdotado como estaba para el debate filosófico, político y periodístico.El presente libro reúne en un solo volumen y en versión castellana del filósofo español Manuel Sacristán, los dos ensayos de contenido conceptual más importantes de Heine: ?Sobre la historia de la religión y la filosofía en Alemania? y ?La escuela romántica.?En el primero de esos ensayos, de excepcional brillo literario, desarrolla Heine una visión de la historia del pensamiento moderno que, sin dejar de ser diáfana, sorprende doblemente por su originalidad y espíritu revolucionario. Con la gran mayoría de los historiadores coincide el autor en reconocerle a Descartes el honor de ?haber fundado la autonomía de la filosofía?, qu

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This chapbook presents not only a variety of moods and colours in Heine’s poems about the North Sea but also a loose narrative which takes us from the shore, to scenes aboard ship, and the return to harbour, ending with a pastoral scene in which the sea has been truly left behind. Written in free verse rather than the rhymed quatrains Heine usually used, these poems explore the intersections between myth and everyday life in vivid scenes which mirror the fluid motions and moods of the sea.

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A poet whose verse inspired music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was in his lifetime equally admired for his elegant prose. This collection charts the development of that prose, beginning with three meditative works from the Travel Pictures, inspired by Heine's journeys as a young man to Lucca, Venice and the Harz Mountains. Exploring the development of spirituality, the later On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany spans the earliest religious beliefs of the Germanic people to the philosophy of Hegel, and warns with startling force of the dangers of yielding to 'primeval Germanic paganism'. Finally, the Memoirs consider Heine's Jewish heritage and describe his early childhood. As rich in humour, satire, lyricism and anger as his greatest poems, together the pieces offer a fascinating insight into a brilliant and prophetic mind.

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One of the most important German poets of the nineteenth century, Heinrich Heine was a convert without conviction. He chose Christianity over Judaism as a means of securing an academic career, but when his conversion failed to yield the hoped-for job opportunities, he devoted himself to writing instead. This volume presents a new translation of Hebrew Melodies, the third cycle of poems in Heine’s late masterwork, Romanzero, which many critics have interpreted as Heine’s return to his Jewish roots.As Elisheva Carlebach explains in her foreword, Heine’s “return to God” in his final years was motivated not by faith but by a deep admiration of the Jewish people—a sentiment that is clearly reflected in the poems that make up Hebrew Melodies. This edition presents the original German alongside new English translations by Stephen Mitchell, widely known for his ability to make old classics thrillingly new, and Jack Prelutsky, the author of more than fifty poetry collections for children and adults. Mark Podwal’s illustrations beautifully portray the joyous, playful elements of Jewish tradition and hint at what Carlebach calls the “menacing edges of history’s nightmares,” echoing Heine’s position as a poet “caught between worlds.”

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