Rilke: The Life of the Work

by Dr Charlie Louth and Charlie Louth

The life of Rilke's work is in its words, and this book attends closely to the life unfolding in Rilke's words over the course of his career. What is a poem, and how does it act upon us as we read? What does reading involve? These are questions of the greatest interest to Rilke, who addresses them in several poems and for whom the experience of reading affords an interaction with the world--a recalibration of our ways of attending to it--which sets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198885555
• ISBN13: 9780198885559
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 8.9"