Rene karl wilhelm johann josef maria rilke 4 december 1875 29 december 1926, better known as rainer maria rilke german. The archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke is a poem of great power. Archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke is a short four stanza poem, the first stanzas of which contain four lines, and the second two, three lines. Apr 12, 2014 a torso is a remainderreminder of a living whole.
With the other, the gazelle, we hear an enchanting cascade in slow motion as rilke offeres us one delicate image after the other, all woven together in a single long flowing braid, or phrase. Like all classic sonnets, this one is written in iambic pentameter. Analysis of archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke. Archaischer torso apollos rilke, set by jozsef soproni the. Rainer maria rilke, first edition abebooks passion for books. Rilke gesammelte werke ebook by rainer maria rilke. The surprising shock of the final words you must change your life. The appreciation was published originally as one of a series of art monographs under the editorship of the late richard muther. James pollock on rainer maria rilkes archaic torso of. Anyone who knows me already knows i love rilke that said, its difficult to rate poetry collections. We mean, who elses name was taken as a tribute by an emo band in the late 90s. Its called a torso of apollo because its a fragment of a statue. On archaic torso of apollo academy of american poets. I then employ that thinking in a reexamination of two exemplary works of modernist ethics.
In a world of poetry filled with serious and brooding emotypes, rainer maria rilke stands as one of the emoiest. As once the winged energy of delightcarried you over childhoods dark abyssesnow beyond your own life build the great. As once the winged energy of delight poem by rainer maria. A few years ago the sculptor expressed to the translators the wish that some day the book might be placed before the englishspeaking public. Rainer maria rilke archaischer torso apollos lyrics.
Wmu discontinued personal web page services on homepages. Fruher apollo early apollo and archaischer torso apollos archaic torso of. Het voorbeeldige gedicht paul claes over archaischer torso apollos. Archaischer torso apollos rainer maria rilke wij zagen nooit zijn ongekend gezicht. F irst, let us admit that there is a rilke problem. Nov 15, 2010 this weeks poem is a new english translation of rainer maria rilkes sonnet archaischer torso apollos. Rilkes archaischer torso apollos books of original poetry most recently summer with all its clothes off gravida, 2005. Rilke and woolf with latour gabriel hankins his current book project is modernism and liberal world order, and he coleads a research group interested in digital investigation of literary correspondence the twentieth century literary letters project. We will call him kit pronounced keet in the european way.
Jan 14, 2016 rainer maria rilke, archaischer torso apollos bernd muller. His later books of poetry, such as duino elegies 1923 and sonnets to orpheus 1923, on the contrary, focus intently on internal realms. Rainer maria rilke s archaischer torso apollos, a poem that embodies the modernist imperative to renewed aesthetic perception, and virginia woolfs first experimental novel, jacobs room, a work that recently has been read as ethically enjoining us to. Archaischer torso apollos by johannes reinhuber on prezi. Rodin has pronounced rilkes essay the supreme interpretation of his work. Formale analyse des gedichtes archaischer torso apollos. As once the winged energy of delight poem by rainer maria rilke. Rainer maria rilke archaischer torso apollos youtube.
The shoulders are like the capital of a pillar in a ruined temple, thats lost the architrave it used to hold up. There is general agreement that the aging sculptor, a creative titan revered by young artists from all across europe, exercised a peculiarly potent influence on the pragueborn, culturally german poet who was always on the lookout for an adequate fatherfigure. Rainer maria rilke, signed abebooks shop for books. I have read and taught rilke s petrarchan sonnet archaischer torso apollos many times that is, in stephen mitchells beautiful and powerful english translation and i even have some things to say about it in an essay in my latest book. He pauses in the middle of thoughts to create new lines, and creates cliff hangers from one stanza to the next. Life rilkes youth at military and business school was not happy. The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the greek for the description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical exercise, often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic.
Send a free sample deliver to your kindle or other device. As a modern poet rilke would see the world within and the world without as the same aspects of each other. List of books and articles about rainer maria rilke online. Een groot gedicht spreekt gelijkelijk tot verbeelding, inzicht en gevoel. Buy norton anthology of world masterpieces, volume ii expanded edition 95 edition 9780393963489 by maynard mack, john bierhorst, jerome wright clinton and robert l. He was born rene karl wilhelm johann josef maria rilke in prague, then the capital of bohemia and part of austriahungary. I65 a25 camera eos1ds mark ll foldoutcount 0 identifier cu31924026255822 identifierark. The word torso suggests also torsion and it is common for classical sculpture to adopt a slight twist in order to produce an illusion of movement.
Hers is the head upon which all the ends of the world are come, and the eyelids are a little weary. A defective reading of rilkes archaic torso of apollo. Rilkes archaischer torso apollos books by rainer maria rilke. His relations with his father were difficult, and he was able to attend the univ. Rainer maria rilke books list of books by author rainer. This pocket everymans library edition is a perfectly selected collection of rilkes poetry, a great introduction for firstcomers, or if youre wanting to introduce a friend to the world of rilke.
Rainer maria rilkes archaischer torso apollos, a poem that embodies the modernist imperative to renewed aesthetic perception, and virginia woolfs first experimental novel, jacobs room, a work that recently has been read as ethically enjoining us to. In ancient times, it referred to a description of any thing, person, or experience. We cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit. And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside, like a lamp, in which his gaze, now.
Rilke archaischer torso apollos mediating modern poetry. Archaic torso of apollo translations we never knew his fantastic head, where eyes like apples ripened. Amanda holmes reads rainer maria rilkes poem archaic torso of apollo. Join facebook to connect with amanda downum and others you may know. So, in order to give you a taste of the original sound of the poem also check out sound check for more on that and to add to your understanding of its meaning, here goeswell just give you a whirlwind tour of archaic torso of apolloin german. Apollos archaic torso is by a young yorkshire writer, sarah stutt, who recently. Neue gedichte is a twopart collection of poems written by. The last line of this poem by rilke, which appears at the beginning of the second volume of new poems, dedicated to auguste rodin and completed in 1908,explicitly articulates this conclusion. Archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke translated by stephen mitchell we cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit. Archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke poems. The presence that thus rose so strangely beside the waters, is expressive of what in the ways of a thousand years men had come to desire. And selections from luxorius and rilke in two translation volumes.
Rainer maria rilke, archaischer torso apollos youtube. Zon gedicht is het sonnet waarmee rilke het tweede deel. And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside, like a lamp, in which his gaze, now turned to low, gleams in all its power. How else could we be so blinded by the curvature of his. If this were not so, the bow of his breast could not blind you, nor could a smile, steered by the gentle curve. Rainer maria rilke archaischer torso apollos poetachristianus. Apollo s archaic torso is by a young yorkshire writer, sarah stutt, who recently. See all books authored by rainer maria rilke, including briefe an einen jungen dichter, and the selected poetry of rainer maria rilke, and more on.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Bastek reads archaischer torso apollos in the original german. Stories of god by rilke, rainer maria and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Here is a link to the stephen mitchell translation, which i recommend you read before proceeding with the rest. It is a beauty wrought out from within upon the flesh, the deposit, little cell by cell, of strange thoughts and fantastic reveries and exquisite passions.
We cannot know his incredible head, where the eyes ripened like apples, yet his torso still glows like a candelabrum, from which his gaze, however dimmed, still persists and gleams. List of books and articles about rainer maria rilke. Rilke chose to format this poem so that the reader would move quickly through the stanzas. Sep 01, 2015 i then employ that thinking in a reexamination of two exemplary works of modernist ethics. His early poems reflect his interest in the visual and plastic arts, as he tries to lose himself in contemplation of objects such as an antique torso of apollo. Archaic torso of apollo miletus torso apollo, louvre, c. In archaic torso of apollo the transfixed poet finds the torso full of life and vitality, a complete work of art and suggestive of the modernist tradition. Discover book depositorys huge selection of rainer maria rilke books online.
Apollos archaic torso of apollo in berne in novmeber as part of a series on poetry through the ages. The power of his glance abides, attenuated, in the torso. Two versions of rainer maria rilkes legendary sonnet move. It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined. Archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke the american. Archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke i have read and taught rilkes petrarchan sonnet archaischer torso apollos many times that is, in stephen mitchells beautiful and powerful english translation and i even have some things to say about it in an essay in my latest book. The shoulders are like the capital of a pillar in a ruined temple, thats lost. A torso is a metaxy an inbetween that connects the envisioning mind to the organ of generativity, nous to dynamis. Studienarbeit aus dem jahr 2001 im fachbereich germanistik neuere deutsche literatur, note.
Insel verlag archaic torso of apollo we will never know his astounding head. One poem by jeffery beam and the other by rainer maria rilke you are the future. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Mar 25, 2010 rainer maria rilke archaischer torso apollos poetachristianus. This weeks poem is a new english translation of rainer maria rilke s sonnet archaischer torso apollos. He is widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense germanlanguage poets. One, the archaic torso of apollo, is as powerfully masculine in its rhythm, in its sound, as we imagine the marble of the described figure itself to be. For a time he had been in the employ of august rodin, the celebrated french sculptor as his personal assistant, and the book of poems containing archaischer torso apollos neue gedichte, part 2 is dedicated to rodin. Rilke gesammelte werke by rainer maria rilke rakuten kobo.