# Letters to a Young Poet

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- Libro: [Letters to a Young Poet](https://www.archivodelibros.es/rainer-maria-rilke/en/letters-to-a-young-poet) ([Letters to a Young Poet.md](https://www.archivodelibros.es/rainer-maria-rilke/en/letters-to-a-young-poet.md))
- Autores: [Rainer Maria Rilke](https://www.archivodelibros.es/rainer-maria-rilke)
- Editorial: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-232-1
- Páginas: 112
- Publicación: 2012-04-05
- Idioma: en_GB
- Encuadernación: Softcover

## Descripción

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.