Commanding Angels

This article investigates the conception of and attitude towards the ‘beyond’ in the work of the twentieth-century poets Rainer Maria Rilke and James Merrill, arguing for striking similarities in this regard despite the two poets being of different generations, nationalities, and languages. While th...

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Auteur principal: Leubner, Ben (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2015
Dans: Religion and the arts
Année: 2015, Volume: 19, Numéro: 5, Pages: 531-551
Sujets non-standardisés:B Rilke Merrill angels Duino Sandover
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:This article investigates the conception of and attitude towards the ‘beyond’ in the work of the twentieth-century poets Rainer Maria Rilke and James Merrill, arguing for striking similarities in this regard despite the two poets being of different generations, nationalities, and languages. While the influence of poets such as W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden on Merrill has been thoroughly illustrated by others, this essay aims to illustrate the no less paramount but less often discussed influence of Rilke, especially in matters regarding the spiritual.
ISSN:1568-5292
Contient:In: Religion and the arts
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685292-01905003