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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454566703321

Autore

Ryan Judith <1943->

Titolo

Rilke, modernism and poetic tradition / / Judith Ryan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11823-9

0-511-00404-4

1-280-15694-5

0-511-11808-2

0-511-14990-5

0-511-30991-0

0-511-48586-7

0-511-04879-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in German

Disciplina

831/.912

Soggetti

Modernism (Aesthetics) - Germany

Aesthetics, Modern - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Rilke's writing desk -- Fashioning the self -- Arts and crafts -- Writing troubles -- The modernist turn -- Conclusion: Restorative modernism.

Sommario/riassunto

If the rise of modernism is the story of a struggle between the burden of tradition and a desire to break free of it, then Rilke's poetic development is a key example of this tension at work. Taking a sceptical view of Rilke's own myth of himself as a solitary genius, Judith Ryan reveals how deeply his writing is embedded in the culture of its day. She traces his often desperate attempts to grapple with problems of fashion, influence and originality as he shaped his career during the crucial decades in which modernism was born. This 1999 book was the first systematic study of Rilke's trajectory from aestheticism to modernism as seen through the lens of his engagement with poetic tradition and the visual arts. It is full of surprising discoveries about



individual poems. Above all, it shifts the terms of the debate about Rilke's place in modern literary history.