A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke
A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture) Erika A. Metzger (Editor), Michael M. Metzger (Editor)
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 157113302X
Edition: Paperback; 2004-08
Summary:
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the best-known German poet of his
generation and is widely appreciated today by readers in Europe, the
United States, and world-wide. Because of the inventiveness and
musicality of his poetic language and the visionary intuition of his
thinking, Rilke's influence extends well beyond poetry to include
religion, philosophy, the social sciences, and the arts. His works
have been widely translated into English, and new enderings of such
poem cycles as The Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus appear
frequently. Critics regard Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
as a seminal modern novel. The Companion to Rilke provides essential,
up-to-date essays by top Rilke scholars on a wide range of the major
aspects of Rilke's life and works. The volume follows the chronology
of Rilke's career, emphasizing those works that have met with the
greatest critical interest. Among the topics covered are: Rilke's
life and thought; the writings before 1902; Das Stunden-Buch and
I>Das Buch der Bilder; the Neue Gedichte, The Cornet and other brief
narratives; Malte Laurids Brigge; The Duino Elegies/I>; The Sonnets
to Orpheus; Rilke as a poet in French; Rilke and the visual arts.
Erika and Michael Metzger (SUNY Buffalo) have written extensively on
various aspects of German literature and have edited significant
Baroque texts.
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