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 ⓘ
containsCharacter Alabanda ⓘ
Diotima ⓘ
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) ⓘ
influenced later German Romantic writers ⓘ
influencedBy Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryForm epistolary fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement German Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance key work of early German Romanticism ⓘ
major work of Friedrich Hölderlin ⓘ
mainCharacter Hyperion ⓘ
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 ⓘ
philosophicalContext German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism
philosophicalTheme limits of revolutionary violence ⓘ
reconciliation of spirit and nature ⓘ
search for a homeland ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Germany ⓘ
protagonist Hyperion ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1790s ⓘ
publisherOfFirstPart Cotta ⓘ
secondPartPublicationYear 1799 ⓘ
setting Greece ⓘ
structure letters ⓘ
theme disillusionment ⓘ
failure of revolution ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
love ⓘ
nature and beauty ⓘ
political utopia ⓘ
struggle for Greek independence ⓘ

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Hyperion → mainCharacter → Hyperion ⓘ
Hyperion (poem) → title → Hyperion ⓘ
subject linked to: Hyperion