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In the Company of Rilke

Why a 20th-Century Visionary Poet Speaks So Eloquently to 21st-Century Readers Yearning for Inwardness, Beauty & Spiritual Connection

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In the Company of Rilke

By: Stephanie Dowrick
Narrated by: Stephanie Dowrick
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 In the Company of Rilke is an audiobook about a rare poet. Rainer Maria Rilke was a giant of 20th-century writing who is increasingly a visionary voice for our own time, captivating readers not only with his brilliance but also his fearlessness about the 'deepest things'. Speaking through his own contradictions and ambivalences, he gives readers a profound understanding of the complex beauty of human existence. Here, questions matter more than answers. Here, a poet can speak directly to God while also doubting God. Astonishingly, this is the first major study of Rilke from a spiritual perspective yet the greatest of Rilke's gifts was to show how inevitably life centres upon a profound mystery – to which we can freely open ourselves. Drawing on her own deep understanding of the gifts of reading, as well as her personal spiritual seeking, Stephanie Dowrick offers an intimate understanding of this most exceptional poet and his transcendent, piercingly beautiful work.©2009 Wise Angels Pty Ltd (P)2013 Bolinda Publishing European Literary History & Criticism Philosophy Poetry World Literature

Critic reviews

'Stephanie Dowrick's gift is a capacity for sharing with readers her lifetime's pleasure in poetry and the company of one of the greatest of poets.' (David Malouf, novelist and poet)
'Stephanie Dowrick's writing and career are characterised by motifs of renewal and re-imagining ... Dowrick's work is eclectically informed and pioneering ... She vividly creates a sense of readerly receptivity to the mysteries of a poem.' (Felicity Plunkett, Sydney Morning Herald)
'This book is lovely: serious, informed, honest, warm, delightful ... Stephanie Dowrick has accomplished something wonderful, bringing us into the company of the most human of men and into the presence of his astonishingly beautiful poetry.' (John Armstrong, philosopher and co-author with Alain de Botton of Art as Therapy)
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