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.
| ISBN: | 9780393001600 |
| Publication date: | 17th May 1964 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers |
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.
Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke features in the following genres: Biography: writers
Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke is available in Paperback
Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke was written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke has 288 pages