| Description |
xix, 226 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and indexes. |
| Summary |
"Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) remains one of the most influential figures of European modernism. In this Companion, leading scholars offer informative and thought-provoking essays on his life and social context, his correspondence, all his major collections of poetry including most famously the Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, and his seminal novel of Modernist anxiety, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Rilke's critical contexts are explored in detail: his relationship with philosophy and the visual arts, his place within modernism and his relationship to European literature, and his reception in Europe and beyond. With its invaluable guide to further reading and a chronology of Rilke's life and work, this Companion will provide an accessible, engaging account of this extraordinary poet whose legacy looms so large today"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Rilke : a biographical exploration / Rüdiger Görner -- Status of the correspondence in Rilke's work / Ulrich Baer -- Early poems / Charlie Louth -- New poems / William Waters -- Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge / Andreas Huyssen -- Duino elegies / Kathleen L. Komar -- Sonnets to Orpheus / Thomas Martinec -- Rilke and modernism / Andreas Kramer -- Rilke the reader / Robert Vilain -- Rilke and the visual arts / Helen Bridge -- Rilke : thought and mysticism / Paul Bishop -- Rilke and his philosophical critics / Anthony Phelan -- Rilke's legacy in the English-speaking world / Karen Leeder. |
| Subject |
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Added Author |
Leeder, Karen J.
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Vilain, Robert.
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| ISBN |
9780521879439 hardcover |
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9780521705080 paperback |
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0521879434 hardcover |
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0521705088 paperback |
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