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Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke

ISBN: 9780141192321 PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 112 PUBLICATION DATE: 5.04.2012 DIMENSIONS: 198mmX129mmX6mm 89grams

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 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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