The Beginning of Terror: A Psychological Study of Rainer Maria Rilke's Life and

Description: The Beginning of Terror by David Kleinbard Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The insights here are of such depth, and contain such beauty in them, that time and again the reader must pause for breath. At last Rilke has met a critic whose insight, courage, and humanity are worthy of his life and work."Leslie Epstein Director, Graduate Creative Writing Program, Boston University"[A] well-reasoned, fairly fascinating, and illuminating study which soundly and convincingly applies Freudian and particularly post-Freudian insights into the self, to Rilkes life and work, in a way which enlightens us considerably as to the relationship between life and work in original ways. Kleinbard takes off where Hugo Simenauers monumental psycho- biography of Rilke (1953) left off. . . . He succeeds in giving us a psychic portrait of the poet which is more illuminating and which . . . does greater justice to its subject than any of his predecessors.. . . . Any reader with strong interest in Rilke would certainly welcome the availability of this study."Walter H. Sokel, Commonwealth Professor of German and English Literatures, University of Virginia.For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are just able to bear, and we wonder at it so because it calmly disdainsto destroy us."RilkeBeginning with Rilkes 1910 novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, "The Beginning of Terror" examines the ways in which the poet mastered the illness that is so frightening and crippling in Malte and made the illness a resource for his art. Kleinbard goes on to explore Rilkes poetry, letters, and non-fiction prose, his childhood and marriage, and the relationship between illness and genius in the poet and his work, a subject to which Rilke returned time and again.This psychoanalytic study also defines the complex connections between Maltes and Rilkes fantasies of mental and physical fragmentation, and the poets response to Rodins disintegrative and re-integrative sculpture during the writing of The Notebooks and New Poems. One point of departure is the poets sense of the origins of his illness in his childhood and, particularly, in his mothers blind, narcissistic self- absorption and his fathers emotional constriction and mental limitations. Kleinbard examines the poets struggle to purge himself of his deeply felt identification with his mother, even as he fulfilled her hopes that he become a major poet. The book also contains chapters on Rilkes relationships with Lou Andreas Salom and Aguste Rodin, who served as parental surrogates for Rilke.A psychological portrait of the early twentieth-century German poet, "The Beginning of Terror" explores Rilkes poetry, letters, non-fiction prose, his childhood and marriage. David Kleinbard focuses on the relationship between illness and genius in the poet and his work, a subject to which Rilke returned time and again. Publisher Description For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are just able to bear, and we wonder at it so because it calmly disdainsto destroy us." --Rilke Beginning with Rilkes 1910 novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, The Beginning of Terror examines the ways in which the poet mastered the illness that is so frightening and crippling in Malte and made the illness a resource for his art. Kleinbard goes on to explore Rilkes poetry, letters, and non-fiction prose, his childhood and marriage, and the relationship between illness and genius in the poet and his work, a subject to which Rilke returned time and again. This psychoanalytic study also defines the complex connections between Maltes and Rilkes fantasies of mental and physical fragmentation, and the poets response to Rodins disintegrative and re-integrative sculpture during the writing of The Notebooks and New Poems. One point of departure is the poets sense of the origins of his illness in his childhood and, particularly, in his mothers blind, narcissistic self- absorption and his fathers emotional constriction and mental limitations.Kleinbard examines the poets struggle to purge himself of his deeply felt identification with his mother, even as he fulfilled her hopes that he become a major poet. The book also contains chapters on Rilkes relationships with Lou Andreas Salom and Aguste Rodin, who served as parental surrogates for Rilke. A psychological portrait of the early twentieth-century German poet, The Beginning of Terror explores Rilkes poetry, letters, non-fiction prose, his childhood and marriage. David Kleinbard focuses on the relationship between illness and genius in the poet and his work, a subject to which Rilke returned time and again. Author Biography David Kleinbard is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. His published work ranges from psychological studies of D.H. Lawrence and Faulkner, to essays on contemporary German and American poetry, and original fiction. Details ISBN 0814746675 ISBN-13 9780814746677 Title The Beginning of Terror Author David Kleinbard Format Paperback Year 1995 Pages 300 Publisher New York University Press GE_Item_ID:161714852; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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