Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet - Paperback

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Letters to a Young Poet - Paperback

Letters to a Young Poet - Paperback

by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Every page is stamped with Rilke's characteristic grace, and the book is free of the breathless effect that occasionally mars his poetry. His ideas on gender and the role of the artist are also surprisingly prescient. And even his retrograde comment on the "beauty of the virgin" (which the poet derives from the fact that she "has not yet achieved anything") is counterbalanced by his perception that "the sexes are more related than we think." Those looking for an alluring image of the solitary artist--and for an astonishing quotient of wisdom--will find both in Letters to a Young Poet.
ISBN9781607960263
Author Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisherwww.bnpublishing.com
GenreBiography and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2008
LanguageENG- English
Pages76
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet - Paperback

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About Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was one of the greatest lyric German-language poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, Leben und Lieber, at age 19. In 1897 he met Lou Andreas-Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became a friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his 12-year Paris residence that Rilke enjoyed his greatest poetic activity. In 1919 he went to Switzerland where he spent the last years of his life. It was there that he wrote his last two works, Duino Elegies (1923) and Sonnets to Orpheus (1923).

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