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fogs-483	Hutchinson, Ben	Uses and Implications of the Verb 'Zittern' in Rilke	2004	7	.pdf	application/pdf	5204	283	69	\'V'e can (hus sugges t that twO main ones o f influence derermine Rilke's use o f 'zlUern' in his ea rty poetry: the biblical tradition of 'ziuc rn' as a sign of religiOUS angst, indicating an approach both 10 and by God, and mis reigning movement of j llgentMil preciosity. It is an ambiguous term, for it can imply u:embling both vor Forcht and vor Freude, Rilke certainly uses it in botb senses in the stage directions to his early plays.6 It is through this ambivalence that Kierkegaard's ride hints at the ethical clilemma facing Abraham; his relationship with his Old Testament God is sU:alned, for o ne half o f him re joices in the putative deed since it will please God, whilst the orner narurally hesitates (Q perfo rm such an ace	cache/fogs-483.pdf	txt/fogs-483.txt