| Title | : | Letters to a Young Poet |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Release | : | 2011-04-07 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs |
| Size | : | 515455 |
| 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. |
