Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke

By Ralph Freedman

Book Overview

In this highly praised and extraordinary biography, Ralph Freedman traces Rilke's luminous career by weaving together detailed accounts of pivotal and formative episodes from the poet's restless life with a close, intimate reading of the verse and prose that refract them. This lively and engrossing biography offers much of interest to Rilke's growing body of followers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810115433
• ISBN13: 9780810115439
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"