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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1. VerfasserIn: Leubner, Ben (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2015
In: Religion and the arts
Jahr: 2015, Band: 19, Heft: 5, Seiten: 531-551
weitere Schlagwörter:B Rilke Merrill angels Duino Sandover
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Zusammenfassung: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
Enthält:In: Religion and the arts
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685292-01905003