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This translation originally published: 2011

Letters to a young poet -- The letter from the young worker

'Most unsayable of all are works of art, mysterious existences whose lives exist alongside ours'????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.????Translated, edited and with notes and an afterword by Charlie Louth??Introduced by Lewis Hyde????

Translated from the German