person
Sebastian Melmoth
Melmoth
also: Oscar Wilde
The pseudonym Oscar Wilde took after his release from prison; he spent his last years in Paris, where he died in 1900. Rilke pictures him standing before Rodin's Gate of Hell.
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §123 Sebastian Melmoth
The name Oscar Wilde took after prison and exile; he died in Paris in 1900. Rilke imagines him before Rodin's Gate of Hell.