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 edition also contains a chronology, notes, and suggested further reading..
Charlie Louth's afterword discusses the similarities and contrasts of the two works, and Rilke's religious and sexual wordplay.
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.
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.
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
