Letters to a young poet: the letters from the young worker
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Letters to a young poet: the letters from the young worker - London: Penguin Books, 2011. - xxviii, 84p., 20 cm X 13 cm - Penguin classics .
Recommended by: Suraja Kishore
Summary: 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.
9780141192321
--Rainer Maria, 1875-1926--correspondence--profound and lyrical letters--German literature
831.912
Letters to a young poet: the letters from the young worker - London: Penguin Books, 2011. - xxviii, 84p., 20 cm X 13 cm - Penguin classics .
Recommended by: Suraja Kishore
Summary: 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.
9780141192321
--Rainer Maria, 1875-1926--correspondence--profound and lyrical letters--German literature
831.912