Hi Dan,
Do you have the german version of Rilke's astounding First Elegy. I'm
particularly interested in the origin of "disdains".
Richard
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From: "Shaw, Dan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: shadows in Expressionism
Nosferatu's shadow at the door in the original by Murnau comes to mind
Lotte Eisner's discussion of shadows in her book on German Expressionism The
Haunted Screen is appropo.
"For beauty is the beginning of terror that we are still able to bear, and
why we love it so is because it so serenely disdains to destroy us." Rilke's
First Elegy
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