Diaries of a young poet / Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated and annotated by Edward Snow and Michael Winkler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.

Contributor:

Snow, Edward A.

Winkler, Michael, 1937-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Tagebücher aus der Frühzeit. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926--Diaries.

Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.

Authors, German--20th century--Diaries.

Authors, German.

Genre:

Diaries.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [1998]

Summary:

Translated for the first time into English, these diaries offer unique insight into Rilke's development as one of the greatest poets and prose stylists of the twentieth century. In these diaries, Rilke's voice grows more inward, and his quintessential blend of landscape, longing, and memory comes into being as we read. Photos.

Contents:

The Florence diary, 15 April 1898-6 July 1898

The Schmargendorf diary, 11 July 1898-26 September 1900

The Worpswede diary, 27 September 1900-22 December 1900.

Notes:

First published as a Norton paperback 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-297) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780393318500

0393318508

OCLC:

124075869