The Abyss Above : Philosophy and Poetic Madness in Plato, Hölderlin, and Nietzsche.

Intro -- THE ABYSS ABOVE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: FUTURE PERFECT -- CASSANDRA, OR THE BELATED TRUTH OF MADNESS -- TOTAL AND RESTRICTED MADNESS -- THE LIMITS OF MADNESS AND THE LIMITSOF PHILOSOPHY -- FROM DIVINE REASON TO MADNESSUNDER THE DEATH OF GOD -- EPILOGUE -- 1. TALKING ABOUT HOMER -- TALKING ABOUT HOMER -- PHAEDRUS: MADLY MADE MEANING -- PHILOSOPHY'S MAD DEMON -- 2. THE ABYSS ABOVE -- INTRODUCTION: MADNESS AND THE LABOR OF POETRY -- TRANSLATING GREECE -- ANTIGONE AND OEDIPUS: MADNESS AND SIGN -- 3. NIETZSCHE: THEMARKETPLACES OF MADNESS -- INTRODUCTION: NIETZSCHE'S MADNESSAND THE FEAR OF CONTAMINATION -- NIETZSCHE'S MADMEN (1): THE ARTIST IN THE DITCH,OR FROM METAPHYSICS TO METAPHYSIOLOGY -- NIETZSCHE'S MADMEN (2): META-MORALITY,OR THE MADNESS OF NEW THOUGHT -- NIETZSCHE'S MADMEN (3): THE LAST MADMANON THE MARKETPLACE -- THE HYPERBOREAN: LA VACHE QUI DANSE -- CONCLUSION: LOGOS AND PALLAKSCH:PAUL CELAN'S"TüBINGEN, JäNNER" -- ANACHRONY -- APPROPRIATION -- ANAMNESIS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

Uses the figure of the mad poet to explore the connections between madness and creativity.

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