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The concept of the “Weltinnenraum” has long dominated Rilke scholarship as a result of its two-fold sense as both the Innenraum der Welt and the Weltraum des Inneren. In this it captures the seeming autonomy of the world of things, characteristic of the New Poems, as well as the exploration of the cosmic dimensions the self, characteristic of the late work. This course will concentrate on the Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus with emphasis on the transformation of both world (or nature) and consciousness into song. In addition to Rillke’s poetry, we will also read texts by Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Taught in English.