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Diaries of a Young Poet
Overview
In April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet twenty three, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then lover, Lou Andreas Salome, his firsthand experiences of early Renaissance art. The project quickly expanded to include not only thoughts on life, history, and artistic genius, but also unguarded moments of revulsion, self doubt, and manic expectation. The result is an intimate glimpse into the young Rilke, already experimenting brilliantly with language and metaphor.
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- ISBN-13: 9780393318500
- ISBN-10: 0393318508
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: November 1998
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 338
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