TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rilke, Rainer Maria
TI  - Letters to a young poet: the letters from the  young worker
T2  - Penguin classics
SN  - 9780141192321
U1  - 831.912 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Rainer Maria, 1875-1926
KW  - correspondence
KW  - profound and lyrical letters
KW  - German literature
N1  - Recommended by: Suraja Kishore
N2  - 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
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