{"product_id":"the-rilke-alphabet-hardcover","title":"The Rilke Alphabet - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUlrich Baer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUlrich Baer's \u003cem\u003eThe Rilke Alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e will surprise and delight established fans of Rilke, intrigue newcomers, and convince all readers of the power of poetry to penetrate the mysteries and confusion of our world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe enduring power of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry rests with his claim that all we need for a better life on earth is already given to us, in the here and now. In twenty-six engaging and accessible essays, Ulrich Baer's \u003cem\u003eThe Rilke Alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e examines this promise by one of the greatest poets in any tradition that even the smallest overlooked word may unlock life's mysteries to us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFueled by an unebbing passion and indeed love for Rilke's poetry, Baer examines twenty-six words that are not only unexpected but also problematic, controversial, and even scandalous in Rilke's work. In twenty-six mesmerizing essays that eschew jargon and teutonic learnedness for the pleasures and risks of unflinchingly engaging with a great artist's genius, \u003cstrong\u003eBaer sheds new light on Rilke's politics, his creative process, and his deepest and enduring thoughts about life, art, politics, sexuality, love, and death\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rilke Alphabet \u003c\/em\u003eshows how Rilke's work provides an uncannily apt guide to life even in our vexingly postmodern condition. Whether it is a love letter to frogs, a problematic brief infatuation with Mussolini, a sustained reflection on the Buddha, the evasion of the influence of powerful precursors, or the unambiguous assertion that freedom must be lived in order to be known, \u003cstrong\u003eRilke's writings pull us deeply into life\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaer's decades-long engagement with Rilke as a scholar, translator, and editor of Rilke's writings allows him to reveal unique aspects of Rilke's work. \u003cem\u003eThe Rilke Alphabet \u003c\/em\u003ewill surprise and delight Rilke fans, intrigue newcomers to his work, and deepen every reader's sense of the power of poetry to penetrate the mysteries and confusions of our world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUlrich Baer \u003c\/strong\u003eis Vice Provost for Arts, Humanities and Diversity and Professor of German and Comparative Literature at New York University. He is editor and translator of \u003cem\u003eRainer Maria Rilke: Letters of Life\u003c\/em\u003e, editor of \u003cem\u003e110 Stories: New York Writes after September 11\u003c\/em\u003e, and author of several books on poetry and photography. His most recent book is\u003cem\u003e Beggar's Chicken: Stories from Shanghai\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Hamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Germanic Studies at Indiana University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.15 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775869157664,"sku":"9780823256280","price":153.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a340164de2c93fda94d6189c7d9de07.webp?v=1780468064","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-rilke-alphabet-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}