Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke 1910-1926

About this book

This volume of Rilkes letters covers the years from the completion of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge to Rilkes death in December 1926 nearly five years after he had written the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus his last major works. There are important letters here to Muzot Lou Andreas-Salome to Princess Marie of Thurn and Taxis Hohenlohe and many others. The most significant of the Wartime Letters: 1914-1921 are also included. An Introduction briefly traces the development of Rilkes work during these years; the Notes provide the necessary framework of biographical details and point up significant references to the poetry.