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112 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780486838670
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 15 January 2020
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During three feverish weeks in 1922, Rainer Maria Rilke composed the 55 sonnets that constitute Sonnets to Orpheus. Inspired by the death of a friend's daughter, the poet felt that he was being compelled to write by the girl's ghost. At about the ...
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112 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780486838670
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 15 January 2020
Description
During three feverish weeks in 1922, Rainer Maria Rilke composed the 55 sonnets that constitute Sonnets to Orpheus. Inspired by the death of a friend's daughter, the poet felt that he was being compelled to write by the girl's ghost. At about the ...
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Content Warnings