{"product_id":"rilke-the-last-inward-man-9781782277217","title":"Rilke: The Last Inward Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitical, the angels and roses of his poems deemed irrelevant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRilke: The Last Inward Man\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed writer Lesley Chamberlain uses this charge as the starting point from which to explore the expansiveness of the inner world Rilke created in his poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together searching insights on Rilke's life, work, and reputation, Chamberlain casts the poet's inwardness as a profound response to a world that seemed to be losing its spirituality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn works of dazzling imagination and rich imagery, Rilke sought to restore value to Western materialism, encouraging not narrow introversion but the cultivation of a new sensibility in a secular world after the death of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782277217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Lesley Chamberlain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112138277045,"sku":"9781782277217","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2d859744-a922-4222-b6f3-c88d33bf9756.jpg?v=1693929523","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rilke-the-last-inward-man-9781782277217","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}