Poetry as Embodied Language in Rilke.

This essay explores Rilke's poetry as a way of making direct contact with the world "like the first human being." Situating Rilke within longstanding discussions on language from Plato and Aristotle to Humboldt, Merleau-Ponty, and Arendt, the essay argues that language is not merely an intellectual...

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Published in:	MLN Vol. 141; no. 3; pp. 754 - 776
Main Author:	Dowden, Stephen D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Johns Hopkins University Press Jun2026
Subjects:	Poetry (Literary form) Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 Ambiguity Speech & gesture Language & languages Poets Literary style Philosophy of language Metaphor
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