A Vessel to Navigate a Terrifying World. Rilke’s «Stunden-Buch»
| Autor: | Nicholas Reynolds |
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| Jazyk: | German<br />English<br />Italian |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Studia austriaca, Vol 22, Iss 0, Pp 17-37 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1593-2508 2385-2925 |
| DOI: | 10.13130/1593-2508/4027 |
| Popis: | This essay is a reading of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Stunden-Buch, particularly the first book, «Das Buch vom mönchischem Leben» from 1905. Throughout the essay, I develop the question of what prayer means in this cycle of poems, and the relationship of prayer to poetry in general. I argue that Rilke surpasses the usual limitations of language, using poetic techniques that instead of merely indicating objects in the world, have the ability to speak things into being. Furthermore, I argue that Rilke uses language as a protective layer that allows one to transform oneself and face a world that is increasingly hostile to poetic sensibility. |
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