I agree with almost all of this, which is dangerous. His Hölderlin translations I love also, but most of all his Celan.
The academy is not interested in apreciating: in understanding why I feel drawn to this writer, but not to this one. They prefer the "analytical" to the "continental" philosophy; the same goes, really, for literature. You have to propose a thesis: something a writer does to achieve x, then prove it through analysis of the "text". Behind it all is the creeping terror, that, despite how scientific they try to make themselves appear, the government will still turn its back on everything that doesn't lead straight like a shoot to the "labour force".
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