{"product_id":"rilke-the-last-inward-man","title":"Rilke: The Last Inward Man by Lesley Chamberlain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitical, the angels and roses of his poems deemed irrelevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Rilke: The Last Inward Man, acclaimed writer Lesley Chamberlain uses this charge as the starting point from which to explore the expansiveness of the inner world Rilke created in his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together searching insights on Rilke's life, work, and reputation, Chamberlain casts the poet's inwardness as a profound response to a world that seemed to be losing its spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn works of dazzling imagination and rich imagery, Rilke sought to restore value to Western materialism, encouraging not narrow introversion but the cultivation of a new sensibility in a secular world after the death of God.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44625453220080,"sku":"9781782277217","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/9781782277217.jpg?v=1747805729","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/rilke-the-last-inward-man","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}