Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus: Philosophical and Critical Perspectives

Written in three weeks of creative inspiration in 1922, Rainer Maria Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus are well known for their enigmatic power and lyrical intensity. The essays in this volume forge a new path in illuminating the philosophical significance of this late masterpiece. The volume features eight essays by philosophers, literary critics, and Rilke scholars, which approach a number of the central themes and motifs of the Sonnets as well as the significance of their formal and technical qualities. An introductory essay (coauthored by the editors) situates the book in the context of philosophical poetics, the reception of Rilke as a philosophical poet, and the place of the Sonnets in Rilke's oeuvre.

• | Author: Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge, Luke Fischer
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 07, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0190685425
• | ISBN-13: 9780190685423