George Looney, Thesis Supervisor George Looney, Thesis Supervisor Gregory Lynn Morris, Thesis Honors Advisor Mary Constance Connerty, Faculty Reader
Keywords:
Rilke death poetry human condition angels abstractions beauty lovers
Abstract:
An exploration of the ways in which the Duino Elegies manages to speak in a variety of voices and yet operate as a coherent poem which could have a great deal to say to contemporary writers who must deal with overcoming obstacles of expression. An English translation of the poem also offers opportunities to examine the complexities of expression and meaning, despite translation, thus illuminating different paths to lyric depths
