Hyperion

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Hyperion is a seminal epistolary novel by Friedrich Hölderlin that explores themes of idealism, freedom, and the struggle for Greek independence through the reflections of its disillusioned protagonist.

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instanceOf novel
author Friedrich Hölderlin NERFINISHED
containsCharacter Alabanda NERFINISHED
Diotima NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
firstPartPublicationYear 1797
form two-part novel
genre Bildungsroman
philosophical novel
romantic novel
hasAdaptation musical and theatrical adaptations
historicalContext Greek War of Independence (idealized, prefigured) NERFINISHED
influenced later German Romantic writers
influencedBy Friedrich Schiller NERFINISHED
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED
ancient Greek literature
language German
literaryForm epistolary fiction
literaryMovement German Romanticism NERFINISHED
literarySignificance key work of early German Romanticism
major work of Friedrich Hölderlin
mainCharacter Hyperion NERFINISHED
motif Greece as aesthetic and political ideal
alienation from modern society
unity of man and nature
narrativeMode first-person narrative
originalTitle Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland NERFINISHED
philosophicalContext German Idealism NERFINISHED
philosophicalTheme limits of revolutionary violence
reconciliation of spirit and nature
search for a homeland
placeOfFirstPublication Germany NERFINISHED
protagonist Hyperion NERFINISHED
publicationPeriod 1790s
publisherOfFirstPart Cotta NERFINISHED
secondPartPublicationYear 1799
setting Greece NERFINISHED
structure letters
theme disillusionment
failure of revolution
freedom
friendship
idealism
love
nature and beauty
political utopia
struggle for Greek independence

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