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Author | : Ted Bishop |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2007-11-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393330745 |
Whether describing the shock of holding Virginias Woolf's suicide note in the British Library or the outlaw thrill of cruising small American towns on his Ducati, Bishop mediates with wit and honest on the tangled interplay of life, work, and art.
Author | : Ted Bishop |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006-05-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0143051318 |
English professor and motorcycle enthusiast Ted Bishop is taking one last ride before fall term when his bike vibrates out of control and he is flung into a ditch, breaking his back and collapsing his lungs. With limited mobility, Ted finally has time to savour the reading experience. He begins writing about his crash, realizing that two worlds had come together when his head hit the pavement. The more he thinks about it, the more it seems that archival work is the inverse, not the opposite, of motorcycling. Ultimately, what surrounds both reader and rider is silence. In Riding with Rilke, Ted Bishop takes us on the road through some of the richest landscapes in North America and Europe, with numerous stops along the way. Whether describing the archival jolt of holding Virginia Woolf's suicide note in the British Library or the outlaw thrill of cruising Main Street in small-town America on a bike nicknamed “Il Mostro,” Bishop tells a story filled with insight and humour.
Author | : Ted Bishop |
Publisher | : Penguin Canada |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2006-05-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780143051312 |
English professor and motorcycle enthusiast Ted Bishop is taking one last ride before fall term when his bike vibrates out of control and he is flung into a ditch, breaking his back and collapsing his lungs. With limited mobility, Ted finally has time to savour the reading experience. He begins writing about his crash, realizing that two worlds had come together when his head hit the pavement. The more he thinks about it, the more it seems that archival work is the inverse, not the opposite, of motorcycling. Ultimately, what surrounds both reader and rider is silence. In Riding with Rilke, Ted Bishop takes us on the road through some of the richest landscapes in North America and Europe, with numerous stops along the way. Whether describing the archival jolt of holding Virginia Woolf's suicide note in the British Library or the outlaw thrill of cruising Main Street in small-town America on a bike nicknamed “Il Mostro,” Bishop tells a story filled with insight and humour.
Author | : Edward Bishop |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 9780393062618 |
Ted Bishop chronicles the motorcycle trip he took from Edmonton to Austin just before being seriously injured after losing control of his bike, describing the people and places he encountered along the way and the things he learned about life in the process.
Author | : Rainer Maria Rilke |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2016-10-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781539838593 |
illustration of a Rainer Maria Rilke`s poem As once the winged energy of delight. Connecting the poem with the fairy child The Little Red Riding Hood.
Author | : Rainer Maria Rilke |
Publisher | : Hesperus Press |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2012-07-12 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1780941161 |
In 1902, the young German writer Rainer Maria Rilke travelled to Paris to write a monograph on the sculptor Auguste Rodin. He returned to the city many times over the course of his life, by turns inspired and appalled by the high culture and low society. Paris was a lifelong source of inspiration for Rilke. Perhaps most significantly, the letters he wrote about it formed the basis of his prose masterpiece, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. This volume brings together a new translation of RilkeOCOs essay on poetry, Notes on the Melody of Things, and the first English translation of RilkeOCOs experiences in Paris as observed by his French translator, Maurice Betz. "
Author | : Judith Ryan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1999-11-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139426664 |
If the rise of modernism is the story of a struggle between the burden of tradition and a desire to break free of it, then Rilke's poetic development is a key example of this tension at work. Taking a sceptical view of Rilke's own myth of himself as a solitary genius, Judith Ryan reveals how deeply his writing is embedded in the culture of its day. She traces his often desperate attempts to grapple with problems of fashion, influence and originality as he shaped his career during the crucial decades in which modernism was born. This 1999 book was the first systematic study of Rilke's trajectory from aestheticism to modernism as seen through the lens of his engagement with poetic tradition and the visual arts. It is full of surprising discoveries about individual poems. Above all, it shifts the terms of the debate about Rilke's place in modern literary history.
Author | : Rainer Maria Rilke |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0834843676 |
A fresh perspective on a beloved classic by acclaimed translators Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875–1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured by readers for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers. With a new introduction and commentary, this edition places the letters in the context of today’s world and the unique challenges we face when seeking authenticity.
Author | : Steven E. Alford |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2008-01-03 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1861894759 |
Easy Rider. Motocross Grand Prix. James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. The motorcycle is a global icon of untamed freedom, symbolizing a daring and reckless lifestyle of adventure. Yet there are few books that chronicle how and when this legendary vehicle roared down the open road. Motorcycle explores the roots of the rebel’s ultimate ride. After early incarnations as a nineteenth-century steam-powered bicycle and multi-wheeled vehicles, the modern motorcycle came into its own as a cheap, mobile military asset during World War I. From there, it rapidly spread through modern culture as a symbol of rebellion and subversive power, and Motorcycle tracks the symbolic role that the bike has played in literature, art, and film. The authors also investigate the international subcultures that revolve around the motorcycle and scooter. They chart the emergence of American biker culture in the 1950s, when decommissioned fighter pilots sought new ways to satiate their desire for thrill and danger, and explore how the motorcycle came to represent the untamed nonconformity of the American West. In contrast, smaller scooters such as the Vespa and moped became the utilitarian vehicle of choice in space-starved metropolises across Europe and Asia. Ultimately, the authors argue, the motorbike is the exemplary Modernist object, dependent on the perfect balance of man and machine. An unprecedented and wholly engrossing account, Motorcycle is an essential reading for the Harley-Davidson roadhog, bike collector, or anyone who’s felt the power of the unmistakable king of the road.
Author | : Laura Riding |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780892551927 |
Letters written by the poet to an eight-year-old girl explain the difference between learning and knowing, the value of thinking, and the benefits of avoiding hypocrisy and pretension