Open AccessCONCERNING A RESPONSE TO REINER MARIA RILKE’S DEATH: THE “RUSSIAN” P.S.
Author(s) -
M. Iu. Koreneva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2021-1-314-323
Subject(s) - german , cult , context (archaeology) , ideology , philosophy , psychoanalysis , psychology , history , theology , law , political science , politics , linguistics , archaeology
The paper focuses on the responses to the death of R.M. Rilke in the context of his cult following that flourished during his lifetime and the pervading interest in Dostoyevsky in Germany in the 1920s. It influenced the perception of Rilke as a dangerous “Russophile” responsible, along with others, for the ideological and moral “fall” of the German culture. Special attention is paid to the first publication of Rilke’s private letter to a Russian correspondent in the «Rigasche Rundschau» and its link to the book “«Idiotenführer durch die russische Literatur» (“A Guide to the Idiots of the Russian Literature”) by B. Eckstein-Diener.