Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:25:50 -0500
From: Eric Yost <103423.421-AT-CompuServe.COM>
Subject: PLC: Rilke as spiritual existentialist


        Could be Rilke's being confused with Wallace Stevens.  Stevens,
much more than Rilke,  tries to proxy religion.  For example, while
visiting a Russian monastery during his 20s Rilke immersed himself in what
he described as  spontaneously received prayers. When he returned to
Germany, he transcribed the series of sacred love poems he "received," and
which now make up the devotional poetry available in English as RILKE'S
BOOK OF HOURS: Love Poems to God. 



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