person
Eleonora Duse
Duse
Italian actress (1858-1924), celebrated in the plays of D'Annunzio; Rilke recalls her embracing without arms as an image of the armless figure.
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §28 Duse
Eleonora Duse (1858-1924), the great Italian actress, famed in D'Annunzio's plays.
- New Poems: The Other Part §56 the tragedies
A portrait of the actress Eleonora Duse, who carries the 'withered bouquet' of her features through her stage tragedies, holding the aching reality 'like a footless vessel' above her fame.