Rainer Maria Rilke and His Mystical Russia. A Portrait of the Sense of Home of an Eternal Pilgrim
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2013
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Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
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This article concerns the problem of searching for the true home(land) by one of
the greatest poets and writers of the German Modernism, Rainer Maria Rilke and its
reflection in his earliest and most famous works: “The Sacrifice of the Lares” (1895),
“The Book of Hours” (1899) and “The stories of God” (1900). It shows the long way
of an eternal pilgrim, who tries to find his true home. After leaving Prague, together
with his great love Lou-Andreas Salomé he undertakes two extensive trips to Russia in
1899 and 1900, impressed by the deep and mystical relationship between the ordinary
people and their land as well as God. He is convinced that he has finally found his true
home in the untouched nature of Russia.
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Rainer Maria Rilke, poetry, German modernism, Prague, Lou Andreas- Salomé, homeland, Russia, mysticism
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Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, 7/2013, s. 263-284.
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978-83-7654-166-2