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The Prodigal Son
the Prodigal Son
The younger son of Jesus' parable (Luke 15) who leaves home, squanders his inheritance, and returns. Rilke reads the departure as a flight from being loved.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §473 prodigal son
The wastrel younger son of Jesus' parable (Luke 15:11--32) who leaves home and returns to his father's embrace; Rilke recasts the whole legend as that of one who fled because he did not want to be loved.
- New Poems §13 a new life
The departing prodigal son of Jesus' parable (Luke 15); Rilke reads his going-away as a flight from being loved.