What Are Poets For?
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"What Are Poets For?" is a seminal philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the role and necessity of poets and poetry in the modern, technologically driven world.
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| What Are Poets For? canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: What Are Poets For? Context triple: [Poetry, Language, Thought, hasEssay, What Are Poets For?]
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A.
An Apology for Poetry
An Apology for Poetry is Sir Philip Sidney’s influential Elizabethan literary treatise defending the value and moral power of poetry against its contemporary critics.
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A Lecture on Modern Poetry
A Lecture on Modern Poetry is an influential critical essay by T. E. Hulme that helped articulate early modernist ideas about poetic form and language.
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The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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The Anxiety of Influence
The Anxiety of Influence is a seminal work of literary criticism by Harold Bloom that explores how poets are shaped and constrained by the powerful influence of their predecessors.
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Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: What Are Poets For? Target entity description: "What Are Poets For?" is a seminal philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the role and necessity of poets and poetry in the modern, technologically driven world.
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A.
An Apology for Poetry
An Apology for Poetry is Sir Philip Sidney’s influential Elizabethan literary treatise defending the value and moral power of poetry against its contemporary critics.
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B.
A Lecture on Modern Poetry
A Lecture on Modern Poetry is an influential critical essay by T. E. Hulme that helped articulate early modernist ideas about poetic form and language.
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C.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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D.
The Anxiety of Influence
The Anxiety of Influence is a seminal work of literary criticism by Harold Bloom that explores how poets are shaped and constrained by the powerful influence of their predecessors.
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E.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| addresses |
crisis of meaning in modernity
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relationship between art and Being ⓘ role of language in revealing truth ⓘ |
| author | Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
modern technology obscures the experience of Being
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poetry founds a world and opens a space for dwelling ⓘ poets are needed to reveal Being in a technological age ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| discusses |
Friedrich Hölderlin
NERFINISHED
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Rainer Maria Rilke NERFINISHED ⓘ language as the house of Being ⓘ poetic dwelling ⓘ the destitute time ⓘ the gods and the divine ⓘ |
| genre | essay ⓘ |
| hasReceptionIn |
literary theory
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philosophy of art ⓘ poetics ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary literary theory discussions of poetry and modernity
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philosophical debates on technology and art ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Friedrich Hölderlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
history of Being
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modernity ⓘ nihilism ⓘ poetry ⓘ role of poets ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Wozu Dichter? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalConceptUsed |
Being
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dwelling ⓘ enframing ⓘ the fourfold ⓘ truth as unconcealment ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
aesthetics
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ontology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
NERFINISHED
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hermeneutics ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Being and Time
NERFINISHED
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Letter on Humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Origin of the Work of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnPoetry |
poetry is a privileged mode of disclosure of Being
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poetry resists the enframing of technology ⓘ |
| viewOnPoets |
poets are guardians of language
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poets prepare a more originary relation to Being ⓘ |
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