Louth, Dr Charlie
Rilke: The Life of the Work
- ISBN 13:
- 9780198885559
- author:
- Louth, Dr Charlie
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 656
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Rilke's work is a concentrated exploration of the possibilities of poetic language, a working of the life of words into precise and exacting forms in dialogue with the world. This book offers a close reading of Rilke's oeuvre, tracing the trajectory of his writing from the lesser-known verse to the well-known poems, and including his translations of Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Barrett Browning, Mallarmé, and Valéry. Through a series of close readings, The Life of the Work reveals the ways in which Rilke's writing engages with the world, his way of extending the reach of his language to get it ever closer to the ungraspable movements, the risk and promise, of life itself. The book also examines the experience of reading, and how it affords an interaction with the world, a recalibration of our ways of attending to it. Rilke's writing is marked by an injunction to change one's life, a call that animates the whole of his work. This book provides a nuanced understanding of Rilke's work, and its significance for our understanding of poetry and the human experience.
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