Lyric Orientations Hölderlin, Rilke, and the Poetics of Community |
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| Author:
| Eldridge, Hannah Vandegrift |
| Series title: | Signale |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-7932-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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In Lyric Orientations, Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge explores the power of lyric poetry to stir the social and emotional lives of human beings in the face of the ineffable nature of our mortality. She focuses on two German-speaking masters of lyric prose and poetry: Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) and Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).
In Lyric Orientations, Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge explores the power of lyric poetry to stir the social and emotional lives of human beings in the face of the ineffable nature of our mortality. She focuses on two German-speaking masters of lyric prose and poetry: Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) and Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).