Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition

ISBN-13: 9780521661737 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 270 str.

Judith Ryan

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'An energetically pursued and provocative view …'. Modern Language Review

Spis treści

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.