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| Named Person: | Rainer Maria Rilke; Rainer Maria Rilke |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rainer Maria Rilke; Ulrich Baer |
| ISBN: | 0679642927 9780679642923 |
| OCLC Number: | 56103850 |
| Notes: | Excerpts in English translation from approximately 7,000 of Rilke's German and French letters. |
| Description: | lii, 215 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | On life and living: you have to live life to the limit -- On being with others: to be a part, that is fulfillment for us -- On work: get up cheerfully on days you have to work -- On difficulty and adversity: the measure by which we may know our strength -- On childhood and education: this joy in daily discovery -- On nature: it knows nothing of us -- On solitude: the loneliest people above all contribute most to commonality -- On illness and recovery: pain tolerates no interpretation -- On loss, dying, and death: even time does not "console"... it puts things in the place and creates order -- On language: that vast, humming, and swinging syntax -- On art: art presents itself as a way of life -- On faith: a direction of the heart -- On goodness and morality: nothing good, once it has come into existence, may be suppressed -- On love: there is no force in the world but love. |
| Other Titles: | Correspondence. |
| Responsibility: | translated and edited by Ulrich Baer. |
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