In this highly praised and extraordinary biography, Ralph Freedman traces Rilke's luminous career by weaving together detailed accounts of pivotal and formative episodes from the poet's restless life with a close, intimate reading of the verse and prose that refract them. This lively and engrossing biography offers much of interest to Rilke's growing body of followers.

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Title: Life of a Poet
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0374186901
ISBN 13: 9780374186906
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Good

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A biography of the German poet combines detailed interpretations of his life with an intimate reading of his verse and prose and shows how he grew from an ambitious versifier into a great poet

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Ralph Freedman is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.

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