How Long to Read Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes

How Long Does it Take to Read Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 40 minutes to read Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes by John O'Meara

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Description

In part through critical biography, in part through a close reading of almost all of the poems Rilke wrote, including many poems from his Diaries, this large book challenges new ideas about what went into the making of Rilke over twenty years of production, from his early beginnings under the tutelage of Lou Salomé, right through, to his famous final works, the 'Sonnets to Orpheus' and the 'Duino Elegies.' Volume 1 focuses largely on 'The Book of Hours'; Volume 2 on 'The Book of Images,' the two parts of 'New Poems,' 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge,' and the first Elegies written while at Duino; Volume 3 on those all-crucial, self-transforming ten years beyond Duino that lead up to the 'Sonnets to Orpheus' and Rilke’s eventual completion of the Elegies. Two major theses are put forward in this book, the first touching on Rilke’s well-known relationship to his former lover and mentor, Lou Salomé, who is understood to have been a far more problematic influence on him than we had supposed, the second touching on an equally crucial and at some point saving influence on Rilke from the literary sphere, which is shown to be that of the great visionary poet who went by the name of Novalis. Behind the grand story of Rilke’s poetic emergence lies the fundamental and long-standing reality of his repression by Lou and what that would sow, paradoxically, by way of a sublimated achievement as sublimely poignant as it is finally tragic. JOHN O’MEARA received his PhD from the University of East Anglia in 1986. He taught for many years at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa. He is the author of 'The Way of Novalis' and 'Remembering Shakespeare.' Visit the author’s website at johnomeara.squarespace.com

How long is Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes?

Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes by John O'Meara is 520 pages long, and a total of 130,000 words.

This makes it 175% the length of the average book. It also has 159% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 50 minutes to read Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes aloud.

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Rilke in the Making: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work from 1897 to 1926, in Three Volumes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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