The elements of a traditional elegy mirror three stages of loss. Though similar in function, the elegy is distinct from the epitaph, ode, and eulogy: the epitaph is very brief the ode solely exalts and the eulogy is most often written in formal prose. The elegy began as an ancient Greek metrical form and is traditionally written in response to the death of a person or group. It does not store any personal data.The elegy is a form of poetry in which the poet or speaker expresses grief, sadness, or loss. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. It offers an entirely new translation of each elegy, paired with the original German text, and a close reading of each. This is the first full-length book in English devoted to the elegies in over thirty years. The purpose of this book is to make such features visible and to explain them to the reader as clearly as possible. On the contrary, they are constitutive of meaning in the elegies, and understanding them is crucial to our experience of reading Rilke's work. Commentators, however, have often treated these features as mere formal devices that we can somehow see through to get to what really matters, that is, to what Rilke has to say about the human condition or the meaning of life, to his philosophy or worldview. The themes of the ten elegies - and the conceptual world unique to Rilke from which they emerge - can best be understood through their poetic form: their imagery and neologistic formations, their angular syntax, their abrupt changes of tone and linguistic register, their use of multiple personae and speaking voices, and the often-ironic self-presentation of the author. The Duino Elegies, together with the Sonnets to Orpheus, remain his greatest achievement.
Rilke continues to be the most read and discussed German poet of the modern period.
A new translation of Rilke's great work with close readings of each of the ten elegies elucidating how their poetic attributes constitute their meaning.
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