In the Company of Rilke: Why a 20th-Century Visionary Poet Speaks So Eloquently to 21st-Century Readers Paperback - 2011
by Stephanie Dowrick
Connecting to your inner life through the transformative poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.In the Company of Rilke is a rare book about a rare poet. Rainer Maria Rilke was a giant of twentieth-century writing who remains a visionary voice for our own time, captivating readers not only with his brilliance but also his fearlessness about the "deepest things." Speaking through his own contradictions and ambivalences, he gives readers a profound understanding of the complex beauty of human existence. Here, questions matter more than answers. Here, a poet can speak directly to God while also doubting God. Astonishingly, this is the first major study of Rilke from a spiritual perspective, even though the greatest of Rilke' s gifts was to show how inevitably life centers upon a profound mystery-to which we can freely open ourselves. Drawing on her deep understanding of the gifts of Rilke's writings, as well as her own personal spiritual seeking, Stephanie Dowrick offers an intimate and accessible appreciation of this most exceptional poet and his transcendent work.
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Connecting to your inner life through the transformative poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.
In the Company of Rilke is a rare book about a rare poet. Rainer Maria Rilke was a giant of twentieth-century writing who remains a visionary voice for our own time, captivating readers not only with his brilliance but also his fearlessness about the "deepest things." Speaking through his own contradictions and ambivalences, he gives readers a profound understanding of the complex beauty of human existence.
Here, questions matter more than answers. Here, a poet can speak directly to God while also doubting God. Astonishingly, this is the first major study of Rilke from a spiritual perspective, even though the greatest of Rilke' s gifts was to show how inevitably life centers upon a profound mystery-to which we can freely open ourselves.
Drawing on her deep understanding of the gifts of Rilke's writings, as well as her own personal spiritual seeking, Stephanie Dowrick offers an intimate and accessible appreciation of this most exceptional poet and his transcendent work.
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- Title In the Company of Rilke: Why a 20th-Century Visionary Poet Speaks So Eloquently to 21st-Century Readers
- Author Stephanie Dowrick
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, New York
- Publication date 2011-11-10
- ISBN 9781585428670 / 1585428671
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.87 x 5.96 x 0.98 in (22.53 x 15.14 x 2.49 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Biography / Autobiography
- Library of Congress subjects Rilke, Rainer Maria - Criticism and, Spirituality in literature
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011018963
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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