place
Prague
also: Prag, Praha
The Bohemian capital and Rilke's native city; in 1899 a Czech-majority city with a powerful German-speaking minority, the two cultures sharing and contesting its institutions. The setting of both novellas.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §1 Prague
The capital of Bohemia and Rilke's native city; the whole of Larenopfer is an offering to it, walked church by church.
- Two Stories of Prague §8 Prague
In 1899 a Czech-majority city with a large, dominant German-speaking minority; the friction between the two communities underlies both stories.
- Two Stories of Prague §27 little mother Prague
Renders the Czech endearment 'matička Praha' (mother Prague); Bohusch's tender, possessive love for the city is the seam the conspirator Rezek will work.