{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesley Chamberlain is a British writer and critic who has written extensively on German and Russian literature and published three novels. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy Steamer: Lenin and the Exile of the Intelligentsia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Artist: A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMotherland: a Philosophical History of Russia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eNietzsche in Turin\u003c\/i\u003e is also available from Pushkin Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509283688722,"sku":"9781782277217","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae82da09-d210-4b11-bd99-5834869ca4f2.jpg?v=1730894138","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rilke-the-last-inward-man-9781782277217","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}