Beschreibung
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), perhaps the most famous European poet of the twentieth century, exemplifies how the «crisis of language» inherent in literary Modernism also constitutes a crisis of religious discourse. In Rilke’s poetry and prose, language replaces God as the focal point of human experience. Yet despite his rejection of Christianity, Rilke crucially draws on Christian imagery to express his Modernist worldview.
offers new readings of major texts such as
and
, as well as analyzing some of Rilke’s lesser-known works,
and «The Letter of the Young Worker.»
Autorenportrait
Johannes Wich-Schwarz is Assistant Professor of English and Humanities at Maryville University of St. Louis. He studied literature, philosophy, and religion in Germany, England, and the United States, and received his PhD in religion and literature from Boston University. His research interests include Modernism, post-Holocaust poetry, and literary translation.
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