NP except maybe sorta too, but Gass on Rilke and grace

Mark Kohut markekohut at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 19 05:14:16 CDT 2013


"He [Rilke] was venomous about organized religion, yet there more Virgin Marys, saints and angels
in his work than in many cathedrals." --p31

In his self-admittedly risky attempts at translation, Gass find this image to fulfill, perhaps, what he sez is Rilke's 
non-denominational 'spirituality', even religiosity (maybe):

                               " graceshaped swans"
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