Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition
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- Author: Judith Ryan, Harvard University, Massachusetts
- Date Published: March 2006
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- isbn: 9780521025119
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Judith Ryan traces Rilke's development from aestheticism to modernism, paying special attention to the way his work engages with other poetry and the visual arts. Taking a skeptical view of Rilke's own myth of himself as a solitary genius, Ryan shows how deeply his writing is embedded in the culture of its day. Rilke is now the most widely-read and influential German-language poet, and this study is full of surprising discoveries about his innovative and often profoundly moving poems.
Read more- Accessible, illuminating study of Rilke by leading scholar of his work
- First systematic attempt to place Rilke's poetry in its cultural context, and caught between fin de siècle and modernist movements
- Fresh new readings (in author's own widely admired translations) of individual poems
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"...an exemplary piece of scholarly writing...full of fascinating new finds...destined to change the way we think about the poet and his work." Modern Language Quarterly
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- Date Published: March 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521025119
- length: 272 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.406kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rilke's writing desk
1. Fashioning the self
2. Arts and crafts
3. Writing troubles
4. The modernist turn
Conclusion: restorative modernism
Notes, Indexes.
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