Rainer Maria Rilke: The Poet's Trajectory

by Horst S. Daemmrich and Volker Durr

Influenced by Hegel and Nietzsche, and inspired by stays in Italy and France, as well as travels to Russia, Spain, and North Africa, Rainer Maria Rilke nevertheless sought desperately to be original. He rejected all «idées reçues,» whether they were of God, reality, or literature, instead creating his own absolute. He searched for the «real,» re-formed German poetry, and revolutionized Western narrative prose with Malte Laurids Brigge. While Rilke's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820474010
• ISBN13: 9780820474014
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 185 Pages