Letters to a young poet : with the letters to Rilke from the "young poet"
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781631497674, 1631497677
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Amherst Jones Library - Lower Level | 831.81 Rilke | In transit |
Great Barrington Mason Library - Adult Nonfiction | 831 RILKE, RAINER | Recently Returned |
Northampton Forbes Library - Mezzanine | ER457.A 2020 | Available |
Worcester Main Library - Nonfiction | 831.912 RILKE | Available |
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Physical Desc
xiv, 162 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781631497674, 1631497677
Notes
General Note
Originally published in German as Briefe an einen jungen Dichter: Mit den Briefen von Franz Xaver Kappus.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Nearly a century after the publication of Rilke's inspirational work, the missing letters of the young poet himself finally appear in this canonical edition. For more than ninety years, eager writers and young poets, even those simply looking for a purpose in life, have embraced the wisdom of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, first published in 1929. Most readers and scholars assumed that the letters from young poet were forever lost to posterity. Yet, shockingly, the letters were recently discovered by Erich Unglaub, a Rilke scholar, and published in German in 2019. The acclaimed translator Damion Searls has now not only retranslated Rilke's original letters but also translated the letters by Franz Xaver Kappus, an Austrian military cadet and, yes, aspiring poet. This timeless edition, in addition to joining the two sets of letters together for the first time in English, provides a new window into the workings of Rilke's visionary poetic and philosophical mind, allowing us to reexperience the literary genius of one of the most inspiring works of twentieth-century literature"--,Provided by publisher.
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