{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-works-of-rainer-maria-rilke-9781571133021","title":"A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke","description":"\u003cb\u003eIlluminates the major aspects of the works of Germany's greatest 20th-century poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the best-known German poet of his generation and is widely appreciated today by readers in Europe, the United States, and world-wide. Because of the inventiveness and musicality of his poetic language and the visionary intuition of his thinking, Rilke's influence extends well beyond poetry to include religion, philosophy, the social sciences, and the arts. His works have been widely translated into English, and new  enderings of such poem cycles as \u003ci\u003eThe Duino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e appear frequently. Critics regard Rilke's \u003ci\u003eNotebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge\u003c\/i\u003e as a seminal modern novel. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Rilke\u003c\/i\u003e provides essential, up-to-date essays by top Rilke scholars on a wide range of the major aspects of Rilke's life and works. The volume follows the chronology of Rilke's career, emphasizing those works that have met with the greatest critical interest. Among the topics covered are: Rilke's life and thought; the writings before 1902; \u003ci\u003eDas Stunden-Buch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDas Buch der Bilder\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eNeue Gedichte\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eCornet\u003c\/i\u003e and other brief narratives; \u003ci\u003eMalte Laurids Brigge\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Duino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Sonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e; Rilke as a poet in French; Rilke and the visual arts. \u003cbr\u003eErika and Michael Metzger (SUNY Buffalo) have written extensively on various aspects ofGerman literature and have edited significant Baroque texts.","brand":"Erika A. Metzger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280643436795,"sku":"9781571133021","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781571133021_33ea3f11-bcb5-44c6-a2f6-97f92f6eacac.jpg?v=1772484889","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-companion-to-the-works-of-rainer-maria-rilke-9781571133021","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}