The Abyss Above: Philosophy and Poetic Madness in Plato, Hslderlin, and Nietzsche: Philosophy and Poetic Madness in Plato, Hölderlin, and Nietzsche - Softcover

"...an original contribution to the study of philosophy and literature." -- CHOICE

"This book is a major contribution to the exploration of madness. Weineck's original readings demonstrate her admirable grasp of German intellectual history and literature. Her argumentation is sophisticated." -- Karin Bauer, author of Adorno's Nietzschean Narratives: Critiques of Ideology, Readings of Wagner

"No one intending to think or write on Plato, Hölderlin, or Nietzsche can afford to do so without a knowledge of Weineck's chapters." -- Stanley Corngold, author of Complex Pleasure: Forms of Feeling in German Literature

"Absolutely fascinating on every page. One learns from Weineck's way of putting things as well as from the points themselves. " -- John McCumber, author of Poetic Interaction: Language, Freedom, Reason

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