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Rilke: The Last Inward Man: Chamberlain, Lesley - Amazon.com

: She emphasizes Rilke's singular philosophy that existence is a form of "life-death," requiring an accepting awareness of our mortality to truly inhabit the world. Major Related Works

: Chamberlain positions Rilke as a bridge between Modernism and Romanticism. He lived through a shift where "the meaning of life" was beginning to be viewed as a naive question, yet he persisted in exploring it.

: Her work highlights Rilke’s attempt to maintain "authentic being" in a world where traditional religious references, like God and the soul, were losing credibility.