Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth

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Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth. / Jamme, Christoph.
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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Harvard

Jamme, C 2019, Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth. in H Vandegrift Eldridge & L Fischer (eds), Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. 1 edn, vol. 1, 6., Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 178-193. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190685416.003.0006

APA

Jamme, C. (2019). Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth. In H. Vandegrift Eldridge, & L. Fischer (Eds.), Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (1 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 178-193). Article 6. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190685416.003.0006

Vancouver

Jamme C. Love in Paramyth: On Rilke's Figuration of the Orpheus Myth. In Vandegrift Eldridge H, Fischer L, editors, Rilke's SONNETS TO ORPHEUS: PHILOSOPHICAL AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. 1 ed. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2019. p. 178-193. 6. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780190685416.003.0006

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