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Structural Style in Rainer Maria Rilke's The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

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Rainer Maria Rilke lived between 1875 and 1926. He is remembered as the Greatest  German lyrical poet of modern Germany. First published in 1901, "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge" is Rilkes only novel. "The Notebooks" are largely autobiographical in their content.  They are a vivid record of Rilkes feelings of loneliness and defeat while he searched his inner soul while living in Paris and prior to becoming a professional writer.  Practically any episode in "The Notebooks" conveys this underlying sense of loneliness and dejection. Practically every episode also conveys Rilkes extraordinary ability to blend words together in manner  which conveys his innermost feelings in a structurally unique and pure way seldom accomplished by other writers of his time. Sometimes these words move us to tears, sometimes they  shock us, and sometimes they revolt us. Much can be said about the underlying deeper meaning conveyed by Rilke in "The Notebooks".  Indeed, it is a lesson in the interrelationship of love, death, morality, ethics, and retribution. Perhaps even more interesting, however, is the structural characteristics of "The Notebooks". The  protagonist of "The Notebooks" is Malte Laurids Brigge. Brigge is of Danish origin but has moved to Paris during the heyday of his youth. Rather than becoming caught  up in the glamour of Paris, however, Brigge is obsessed with darker musings, musings which are all conveyed using Rilkes characteristic presentation style.  From the most glamorous images found in the city to common, everyday events and settings, Brigge manages to pull up the darkest and gloomiest images possible and Rilke