Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke, Rainer Maria; Norton, M. D. Herter [Translator]
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2064
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- Title
- Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke
- Author
- Rilke, Rainer Maria; Norton, M. D. Herter [Translator]
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 2064
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393001601
- ISBN 13
- 9780393001600
- Item weight
- 11 ounces
- Dimensions
- 5x1x8
The letters Rilke wrote during the war and postwar years are of particular interest not only for whatever they may contain of the wisdom of the poet, the artist, and the humanitarian, but for their analysis of the intellectual and spiritual currents of the time.
These letters give the account of Rilke's own state of mind and of his final approach to the threshold of his great works. They show the rapid change he underwent after his reaction to the first excitement of the war; how his dismay at the cruelty and confusion of war helped to render the poet in him speechless for many years; how he nevertheless characteristically held to his own fundamental views throughout war and revolution and in spite of everything retained his belief in the capacity of humanity to create for itself a better future."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
M.D.H. Norton (1894–1985) was cofounder of W. W. Norton & Company, now the oldest and largest publisher owned wholly by its employees.
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