Rilke's Gedichte an die Nacht are important because their composition was contemporary with his Duinese Elegien, and they show the poet at work on ideas and motifs which are central to these elegies. The first part of the book analyses the poems thematically, whilst the second gives the results of this analysis wider application.
An analysis of Rilke's Gedichte an die Nacht and the influence of this collection on his most outstanding work, the Duinese Elegien.
