Rilke - The Life of the Work

A full-length study of the work of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). The Life of the Work studies the breadth of Rilke's work, including translations and late poems written in French.

List of contents

• 1: Rilke's Openings


• 2: Beginnings


• 3: Das Buch der Bilder and Das Stunden-Buch


• 4: Neue Gedichte


• 5: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge


• 6: Rilke's Requiems


• 7: The Interim I: 1907-1914


• 8: The Interim II: 1914-1922


• 9: Duineser Elegien


• 10: Die Sonette an Orpheus


• 11: Tender Taxes and Other Departures


• Epilogue: Reading Rilke


• Chronology of Translations


• Chronology of Rilke's Life

About the author

Charlie Louth is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in German, The Queen's College, Oxford.

Summary

A full-length study of the work of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). The Life of the Work studies the breadth of Rilke's work, including translations and late poems written in French.

Additional text

The theme of Louth's book is nothing less than Rilke's 'work' itself, more precisely what it means to see his work as having a 'life'...One of the great strengths of Louth's study is the way it opens up thematic patterns within a chronological framework. It shows the life of the work in its overall extension and development, but also shows it gathering preoccupations and dwelling in them-as lives do.

Product details

• Authors: Charlie Louth, Dr Charlie (Professor of German and Compara Louth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2023
• EAN: 9780198885559
• ISBN: 978-0-19-888555-9
• No. of pages: 656
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, german, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets