Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth
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Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. ed. / Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge; Luke Fischer. Vol. 1 1. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. p. 178-193 6.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Love in Paramyth
T2 - On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth
AU - Jamme, Christoph
PY - 2019/6/20
Y1 - 2019/6/20
N2 - This essay discusses the Orpheus myth, its sources, and its meaning as well as its role in art and literature, in the context of current theories of myth. In particular, it considers Rilke’s reception of Orpheus in The Sonnets to Orpheus as well as in his early narrative poem from 1904 to 1905, “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes,” the only poem that bears Orpheus in its title. The focus of the interpretation is on Rilke’s revision of myth: the poet makes use of the Orpheus myth to exemplify his distinctive conception of love. Special attention is given to how the representation of Eurydice in “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes” already embodies Rilke’s view of unpossessive love that becomes central in his later works.
AB - This essay discusses the Orpheus myth, its sources, and its meaning as well as its role in art and literature, in the context of current theories of myth. In particular, it considers Rilke’s reception of Orpheus in The Sonnets to Orpheus as well as in his early narrative poem from 1904 to 1905, “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes,” the only poem that bears Orpheus in its title. The focus of the interpretation is on Rilke’s revision of myth: the poet makes use of the Orpheus myth to exemplify his distinctive conception of love. Special attention is given to how the representation of Eurydice in “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes” already embodies Rilke’s view of unpossessive love that becomes central in his later works.
KW - Philosophy
KW - theores of myth
KW - rationality
KW - love
KW - orpheus
KW - Eurydice
KW - death
UR - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rilkes-sonnets-to-orpheus-9780190685423?cc=de&lang=en&
U2 - 10.1093/oso/9780190685416.003.0006
DO - 10.1093/oso/9780190685416.003.0006
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-19-068542-3
VL - 1
SP - 178
EP - 193
BT - Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS
A2 - Vandegrift Eldridge, Hannah
A2 - Fischer, Luke
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
ER -