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Artist Auguste Rodin was fortunate to have for secretary Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most sensitive poets of the early 20th century. This essay discussing Rodin's work as an artist is as revealing of Rilke as it is of its subject. Written in 1903, Rilke's meditation marks... Read Full Overview

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) had been widely known for decades when the young Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke traveled to Paris to interview him for an essay to be published in a German art book series. Intensely sensitive to art, and in particular to the irreducible power... Read Full Overview

"Rilke's observations are wonderfully astute. For readers interested in either [sculpture or poetry], this volume is a treat." -- The Christian Science Monitor
During the early 1900s, the great German poet lived and worked in Paris with Auguste Rodin. In a work as revealing... Read Full Overview

Rainer Maria Rilke's influential essay interpreting the work of Auguste Rodin. Rodin himself approved of Rilke's interpretation.

An estimated of a great sculptor by a great poet. Illus.

Auguste Rodin: Translated By Jessie Lemont And Hans Trausil. This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have... Read Full Overview

Rainer Maria Rilke: Auguste Rodin 1. Teil: entst. 1902, Erstdruck: Berlin (Julius Bard) 1903, 2. Teil: entst. 1905/07, Erstdruck: Berlin (Marquardt und Co.) 1907. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Textgrundlage ist die... Read Full Overview

Rainer Maria Rilke: Auguste Rodin Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken 1. Teil: entst. 1902, Erstdruck: Berlin (Julius... Read Full Overview

In 1903 Rilke published this essay, a sustained and profound meditation on the unique power of Rodin's sculpture that has never been equalled. Written around a chronology of Rodin's work, it is also a very approachable introduction to some of the greatest sculpture of the nineteenth... Read Full Overview

""Rodin"" is a book written by Rainer Maria Rilke, a renowned poet and writer, about the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The book is a collection of letters that Rilke wrote to Rodin over the course of several years, starting in 1902 when Rilke was just 27 years old. The... Read Full Overview

""Rodin"" by Rainer Maria Rilke is a book that explores the life and work of the renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Originally published in 1903, the book is a collection of essays written by Rilke, who was a young poet at the time and had been working as Rodin's secretary... Read Full Overview