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Letters to a Young Poet
- Author
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrator
- Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 28 January 2016
- Run Time
- 1 hour 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Published diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Modern and contemporary poetry / poems
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens.
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.
Critics Review
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...I cannot think of a better book to put into the hands of any young would-be poet, as an inspirational guide to poetry and to surviving as a poet in a hostile world.
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Narrator
- Dan Stevens, Max Deacon
- Duration
- 1 hour 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 January 2016
- ISBN
- 9780141983448
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Published diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Modern and contemporary poetry / poems
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens.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.
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