Modernism ยท Poetry / letters
Duino Elegies
by Rainer Maria Rilke. A major work by Rainer Maria Rilke exploring art, solitude, mortality; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
- Date
- 1923
- Origin
- Austria / Bohemia
- Era
- Modernism
- Genre
- Poetry / letters
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A major work by Rainer Maria Rilke exploring art, solitude, mortality; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.