140 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
140 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
140 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This is a book of meditative reading. Each of the sixty-one aphoristic entries aims to interpret Rilke’s poetry as a musician might play Debussy’s Clair de lune , to transpose into the key of language the song, the melody, and the refrain of Rilke’s gentle disposition: his recognition of the transience of things; his acknowledgment of the vulnerability and fragility of people, animals, and... Read more
Preface
Parts 1-61
Biography
Harold Schweizer received his Ph.D. from the University of Zürich, Switzerland. He is Professor of English Emeritus at Bucknell University where he taught poetry, literary theory, and Holocaust studies for 32 years. His other books with Routledge are On Waiting (2008) and On Lingering and Literature (2021). A recipient of two excellence in teaching awards, Schweizer is a widely published poet and literary critic.
"Schweizer has written a most amazing book, rich with close study, brilliantly succinct arguments, and subtle, poetically illuminating insights."
-- Charles Borkhuis, Marsh Hawk Review)
