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Little wear, a slight blemish at the bottom of the spine and a few minor chips. Pages are clean and tight, with a little yellowing near the edges and the owner's name inside the front cover. This slim volume contains a short series of letters written by Rainer Maria Rilke to Franz Xavier Kappus between 1903 and 1908. Translated from the original German, with a foreword, by Stephen Mitchell.
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by Rilke, Rainer Maria
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Written between 1903 and 1908 to a student who had sent Rilke his poems for evaluation, these ten letters--among the most famous and beloved of this century--reveal the deeply felt ideas about life and art that shaped the great poet's work. Two-color interior.
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Letters written over a period of several years on the vocation of writing by a poet whose greatest work was still to come.
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- Title Letters to a Young Poet (Vintage): An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography
- Author Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date 1986-10-12
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR001767924
- ISBN 9780394741048 / 0394741048
- Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
- Dimensions 6.92 x 4.18 x 0.36 in (17.58 x 10.62 x 0.91 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, German - 20th century -, Kappus, Franz Xaver - Correspondence
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86040669
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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