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title: "Letters to a Young Poet (Dover Literature: Poetry)"
brand: "rainer maria rilkereginald snellfranz xaver kappus"
price: "$21.27"
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reviews_count: 8
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# Letters to a Young Poet (Dover Literature: Poetry)

**Brand:** rainer maria rilkereginald snellfranz xaver kappus
**Price:** $21.27
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- **What is this?** Letters to a Young Poet (Dover Literature: Poetry) by rainer maria rilkereginald snellfranz xaver kappus
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Inspiring and loving!
*by A***A on April 7, 2025*

So beautiful. Great for any art-creatrix to enjoy!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Life Affirming words
*by M***N on June 19, 2011*

This collection of letters written by Rainer Rilke should be given to young students in every educational institute in the world as material to help shape their own consciousness. It is a short (around 43 pages long), yet extremely meaningful and enlightening piece of work that features nearly no filler material due to its length. As the these were originally letters written by Rilke in response to a friend, Franz Kappus, who was on the road to a life in the military, they are direct in subject matter and act as if Rilke is speaking directly to you, rather than Kappus. The beauty of this is that the letters were written over 110 years ago, yet when you read them now they are written in such a timeless way that they could have been written at any point in history.The letters struck a cord in me quite promptly as I started reading them, and effectively finished the book in one sitting - fully engrossed in Rilke's writing. Rilke discusses many matters with Kappus, firstly stating how, when creating art, it needs to come from your innermost being: "go into yourself and see how deep the place is which your life flows; at its source you will find the answer to the question of whether or not you must create"Rilke continues to discuss love, how meaningless criticism is from outside sources are on art you have put your soul into to create, the importance of solitude, and how important it is to not get involved in questioning life constantly, as it will always answer your question in time. I'll end this review with a quote from the book that is conclusive and leaves you with an incentive to read this wonderful work!"I want to add just one more bit of advice: to keep growing, silently and earnestly, through your whole development; you couldn't disturb it any more violently than by looking outside and waiting for outside answers to questions that only your innermost feeling, in your quietest hour, can perhaps answer."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great, impassioned advice
*by J***C on May 26, 2008*

This is a short collection of inspiring letters from the poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a young fan and aspiring poet. The letters were written between February 1903 and December 1908, as Rilke moved around Europe. The advice and Rilke gives the young man is inspiring in itself, but what is most moving is the passion with which Rilke writes. This book should be required reading for anyone entering any creative field, writing or otherwise, because Rilke's greatest piece of advice--to create something that comes from inside you and is for you, not something you think someone else will like or will want to buy--is the best artistic advice one can give.

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