Overview
- Examines the often-overlooked prose works of Rainer Maria Rilke.
- Develops a theory of creative labor by looking at the difficulties of the fictional and non-fictional artists in Rilke's prose works.
- Argues for the importance of narrative and other media in the process of self-discovery and transformation
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is an investigation of the role of creative labor and the five senses in Rainer Maria Rilke’s prose works, including his “Primal Sound” essay, the Stories of God, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and his monograph on Auguste Rodin. It is about several protagonists’ quest to achieve creative labor by reconnecting spirit or the unconscious to the hand. There are many difficulties in the way, however, illustrated by Rilke’s essays, tales, and monographs. In the process of overcoming these impediments, the five senses are expanded and refined. Rilke’s characters undergo a transformation that not only allows them to do true creative labor, but also brings them into a new relationship with themselves, the world around them and other people.
Nicholas Carroll Reynolds received his PhD at the University of Oregon, USA. He has authored several articles on philosophy and literature, and has worked as an editor and translator. He is currently employed at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, USA, where he teaches in the German, Philosophy, and First Year Experience programs, as well as in Trinity’s Study abroad program in Berlin, Germany.
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About the author
Nicholas Carroll Reynolds received his PhD at the University of Oregon, USA. He has authored several articles on philosophy and literature, and has worked as an editor and translator. He is currently employed at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, USA, where he teaches in the German, Philosophy, and First Year Experience programs, as well as in Trinity’s Study abroad program in Berlin, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sense and Creative Labor in Rainer Maria Rilke's Prose Works
Authors: Nicholas Carroll Reynolds
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74470-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74469-4Published: 07 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74472-4Published: 08 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74470-0Published: 06 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 255
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Aesthetics, Phenomenology, Critical Theory