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Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition (Cambridge Studies in German)
Rilke Modernism and Poetic Tradition - Cambridge Studies in German Author:Judith Ryan Judith Ryan traces Rilke's development from aestheticism to modernism, paying special attention to the way his work engages with other poetry and the visual arts. Taking a skeptical view of Rilke's own myth of himself as a solitary genius, Ryan shows how deeply his writing is embedded in the culture of its day. Rilke is now the most widely-read ... more »and influential German-language poet, and this study is full of surprising discoveries about his innovative and often profoundly moving poems.« less