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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      25 November 1999
      ISBN:
      9780511485862
      9780521661737
      9780521025119
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511485862
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 270 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.406kg, 272 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in German
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in German
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    If the rise of modernism is the story of a struggle between the burden of tradition and a desire to break free of it, then Rilke's poetic development is a key example of this tension at work. Taking a sceptical view of Rilke's own myth of himself as a solitary genius, Judith Ryan reveals how deeply his writing is embedded in the culture of its day. She traces his often desperate attempts to grapple with problems of fashion, influence and originality as he shaped his career during the crucial decades in which modernism was born. This 1999 book was the first systematic study of Rilke's trajectory from aestheticism to modernism as seen through the lens of his engagement with poetic tradition and the visual arts. It is full of surprising discoveries about individual poems. Above all, it shifts the terms of the debate about Rilke's place in modern literary history.

    Reviews

    ‘It is a perceptive addition to Rilke scholarship and the English translations widen the potential readership beyond German studies.’

    Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

    ‘An energetically pursued and provocative view …’.

    Source: Modern Language Review

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