Subject: Re: A Perfect Day for German Poetry
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliabaader@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2001 - 09:22:39 GMT
--- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> I think he was referring to Rilke. Kierkegaard wasn't German or really
> a poet, and Kafka was better known for his novels and stories (besides
> being Czech, though he wrote in German).
Rilke was a Czech, too, though he wrote in German.
However, Rilke is the only German-writing poet mentioned in the Salinger
canon, and we do know that Salinger was somewhat obsessed with him.
Besides, this is Muriel making the statement, and I doubt she'd make the
distinction.
Regards,
Cecilia.
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