Rainer Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet [2011] hardback POPSC author of the Murder Most

author of the Murder Most Unladylike series

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Rainer Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet [2011] hardback POPSC author of the Murder MostIn 1902, a nineteen year old aspiring poet named Franz Kappus wrote to Rilke, then twenty six, seeking advice on his poetry. Kappus, a student at a military academy in Vienna similar to the one Rilke had attended, was about to embark on a career as an officer, for which he had little inclination. Touched by the innocence and forthrightness of the student, Rilke responded to Kappus' letter and began an intermittent correspondence that would last until