Rilke and GR

[Robert Bruno]

In Richard Locke's NYT Book Review of GR, he stated:

"In a way, the book could be read as a serio-comic variation on Rilke's 
"Duino Elegies" and their German Romantic echoes in Nazi culture. "

I'm posting this on the list in the hopes of starting a new discussion 
concerning RMR and TP.  I've taken a course that concentrated on Rilke's 
poetry and I'd like to find out more about the connection between the two 
writers.  Any elaboration on the above quotation would be greatly 
appreciated.

TIA

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