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Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing, asking for advice on becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, cherished by readers for what translator Mitchell...
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Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke's voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death's place in our lives. Following the format of Letters to a Young Poet, this book arranges Rilke's letters into an uninterrupted sequence, showcasing the full range of the great author's thoughts on death and dying, as well as his sensitive and...
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
Deutsch
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In April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet 23, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then-lover, Lou Andreas-Salome, his firsthand experiences of early Renaissance art. Two others followed. In these "Schmargendorf" and "Worpswede" diaries, Rilke began to reach toward other people - among them the sculptor Clara Westhoff, whom he would marry and the painter Paula Becker, whose...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters. Paris, 1902: Renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin has just completed The Thinker. Rainer Maria Rilke is a delicate young visitor from Prague, broke and suffering from a case of writer's block. When Rilke is commissioned to write a book about Rodin, everything changes. ... You Must Change Your Life reveals one of the great stories of modern art and literature: Rodin...
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Spanish Pubs Llc
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"En las diez hermosas cartas que componen este clásico de la literatura Rainer Maria Rilke aborda temas tan universales como el arte, el amor y la vida, con la inteligencia, delicadeza y sensibilidad que caracterizan a uno de los grandes poetas en lengua alemana de todos los tiempos.El destinatario, Franz Kappus, un cadete de 19 años en la Escuela Militar Teresiana, envió una muestra de sus poemas a Rilke en busca de consejo. La correspondencia...
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