Rilke, A Soul History: In the Image of Orpheus - Softcover

Daniel Joseph Polikoff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 188860252X ISBN 13: 9781888602524

Publisher: Chiron Publications, 2011

Synopsis

In the Image of Orpheus tells the inner story of Rilke's literary career, tracing step by step the mythopoetic journey inscribed in the interweaving lines of the poet's life and art. Blending biography with in-depth analyses of Rilke's poetry and prose (from his little-known Visions of Christ through the Sonnets to Orpheus), the lively narrative draws upon Hillman and Jung, Plato and Petrarch, Apuleius, Ibn Arabi and Lou Andreas-Salomé as it unfolds the poet-seer's vision of the nature and destiny of the human soul a vision as timely as it is timeless.

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About the Author

Poet, translator, and independent scholar Daniel Polikoff received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University and his Diploma in Waldorf Education from Rudolf Steiner College. In addition to work in numerous literary journals and anthologies, he has published two collections of poetry (Dragon Ship and The Hands of Stars) as well as Parzival/Gawain: Two Plays, his edited translation of a dramatic version of the Grail legend. Dr. Polikoff has taught literature in Waldorf schools and shared his passion for Rilke in a wide variety of venues, including the Festival of Archetypal Psychology at Notre Dame (where the idea for In the Image of Orpheus was born); the San Francisco Jung Society; and seminars in literary circles. He resides with his wife Monika and two children in the San Francisco Bay area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chiron Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 188860252X
• ISBN 13: 9781888602524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784