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Reading Rilke's Orphic Identity

by Peter D. G. Brown , Erika M. Nelson
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9783039102877
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 276
  • Original Price: GBP 60.5
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 372 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Europe / General

This study of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) examines the poet's understanding of the malleable nature of identity, while addressing the question of Rilke's place in literary history. In line with contemporary literary theory which views the self as a societal construction and strategic narrative device, this study explores Rilke's preoccupations with identity in his work, as he investigates the disintegration of the subjective self in the modern world. Rilke's re-readings of the mythological figures of Orpheus and Narcissus in modern psychological terms, as well as in terms of traditional poetics, are keys not only to his poetics and his changing understanding of self , but also to his evolving critique of society. This study tracks how Rilke's Orphic work disengages traditional patterns of perceptions, not only to challenge fidelity to history, but also to recover the power of traditional elements from that history to help articulate subjectivity in new terms.

The Author: Erika M. Nelson is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas, where she teaches German language, literature, and culture courses. Her current research explores German spa culture, film, and the literary influences of Liquid Sound.

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