15%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Dear Friend
Eric Torgersen
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Dear Friend
Paperback. This work provides an exploration of the personal and professional relationship between the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker, whose death inspired Rilke's greatest work "Requiem for a friend". Num Pages: 296 pages, photographs, reproductions. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
In 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote Requiem for a Friend in memory of Paula Modersohn-Becker, the German painter who had profoundly affected him and who had died a year earlier. Although a great modern painter, Modersohn-Becker is remembered primarily as she is portrayed in Rilke's poem. Dear Friend looks at the relationship of two great artists whose often-strained friendship was extraordinary for both.
In 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote Requiem for a Friend in memory of Paula Modersohn-Becker, the German painter who had profoundly affected him and who had died a year earlier. Although a great modern painter, Modersohn-Becker is remembered primarily as she is portrayed in Rilke's poem. Dear Friend looks at the relationship of two great artists whose often-strained friendship was extraordinary for both.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810118195
SKU
V9780810118195
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Eric Torgersen
Eric Torgersen has published five volumes of poetry, two novellas, and the NBA-nominated Dear Friend: Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker. Born in Huntington, New York, he has a BA in German Literature from Cornell and an MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa. He spent two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia (a time he draws on ... Read more
Reviews for Dear Friend
A brilliant and valuable study, written with grace and passion, Torgesen's work could scarcely be bettered, both for the delight of reading it provides and for the insights into the lives it exposes." —Choice "As a guide through the intersecting lives and relevant work of Rilke, Modersohn-Becker, and Westhoff, this study has qualitatively and in its focus no parallel ... Read more