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Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke

ISBN: 0486847500
Dover Publications Price: $12.95
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Essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rainer Maria Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse, these ten letters of correspondence between Rilke and a young aspiring poet reveal elements from the inner workings of his own poetic identity. The letters coincided with an important stage of his artistic development and readers can trace many of the themes that later emerge in his best works to these messages—Rilke himself stated these letters contained part of his creative genius.

Table of Contents for Letters to a Young Poet
CONTENTS
Translator’s Preface vii
Translator’s Introduction ix
Introduction by the Young Poet xv
The Letters 1
Commentary 47
Rilke in English 79