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LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET
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| By: |
Rainer Rilke, Charlie Louth (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0141192321 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141192321 |
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| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
5 April, 2012 |
| Pages: |
112 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This edition deals with these letters. |
| Synopsis: |
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This book also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written in letter-form, near the end of Rilke's life. In Lewis Hyde's introduction, he explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. Charlie Louth's afterword discusses the similarities and contrasts of the two works, and Rilke's religious and sexual wordplay. This edition also contains a chronology, notes, and suggested further reading. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
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Returnable |