Today we concluded our 4 part series on the later Rilke, focussing especially on the Duino Elegies. Today we had the privilege of hearing Thomas Merton speak broadly about Rilke and the in a more focussed way about the Duino Elegies themselves. It may be little known but Merton saw Rilke as one of the…
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Rilke The Duino Elegies Part 3
Our third Rilke seminar at the Aquinas academy began by looking at the following proposition and then at the same time pondering the relationship between this and Shakespeare’s Sonnet 146. (click to view). Both Rilke and Shakespeare indicate that living in the face of death can indeed be a sober annihilation of all that is false…
The Poetry of Grace: Rilke Seminar 2: Aquinas Academy
Rilke Seminar 2 focussed on Rodin’s impact on Rilke’s poetic outlook on the world and then turned to Sonnet 3 from the Sonnets to Orpheus and from there on to the Ninth Duino Elegy. Please find slides used here: Rilke Session 2-web 2 And accompanying audio recordings here: Here are the White Board Comments from…
The Poetry of Grace: Rainer Maria Rilke 2017 – Aquinas Academy, Sydney
I began teaching a four part series on the poetry of Rilke today at the Aquinas Academy. We covered a few of Rilke’s very early poems and then moved on to the Sonnets to Orpheus and to Rilke’s Ninth Elegy. The sessions are recorded and can be listened to right here. Enjoy!
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