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Letters to a young poet ; The letter from the young worker

Paperback • 2020 • English • 1. edition

Letters to a young poet ; The letter from the young worker

By Rainer Maria Rilke

Part of the series Penguin classics

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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 con...Show more

Autobiography: writers

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9780141192321

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2020

Language

English

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1

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Letters to a young poet ; The letter from the young worker

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Paperback

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