You must change your life : the story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin / Rachel Corbett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbett, Rachel, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.

Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.

Sculptors.

Friends and associates.

France.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926--Friends and associates.

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

Authors, German.

Rodin, Auguste.

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917--Friends and associates.

Sculptors--France--20th century--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Summary:

"The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters. Paris, 1902: Renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin has just completed The Thinker. Rainer Maria Rilke is a delicate young visitor from Prague, broke and suffering froma case of writer's block. When Rilke is commissioned to write a book about Rodin, everything changes. . . . You Must Change Your Life reveals one of the great stories of modern art and literature: Rodin and Rilke's years together as master and disciple, their heartbreaking rift, and ultimately their moving reconciliation. In her vibrant debut, Rachel Corbett reveals how Rodin's influence led Rilke to write his most celebrated poems and inspired his beloved Letters to a Young Poet. She captures the dawn ofmodernism with appearances by Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Lou Andreas-Salome, George Bernard Shaw, and Jean Cocteau. And she recounts the remarkable friendship of two extraordinary artists whose work continues to reverberate a century later."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction

Part One: Poet and sculptor

Part Two: Master and disciple

Part Three: Art and empathy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Schaffer fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780393245059

0393245055