Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet: Rilke on the Inner Life of Creation
Between 1903 and 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote to F. X. Kappus about questions that reach beyond poetry. This collection brings together their correspondence and a chronicle of Rilke’s life during those years, in an English-language edition with a foreword by Kent Nerburn.
Written to F. X. Kappus between 1903 and 1908, the letters gathered in Letters to a Young Poet turn a correspondence into an occasion for considering creative life. Rainer Maria Rilke addresses subjects of interest to writers, artists and thinkers, drawing on the role correspondence played in his own creative expression.
A correspondence alongside a life
The volume also includes a chronicle of Rilke’s life during the same years, occupying pages 81–123. This edition is in English and features a foreword by Kent Nerburn; Joan M. Burnham is credited as translator.
One work, different editions
1 registered editionNew World Library EN
- Title
- Letters to a Young Poet
- ISBN
- 9781955831444
- Pages
- 128
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