{"product_id":"letters-on-god-and-letters-to-a-young-woman-9780810127401","title":"Letters on God and Letters to a Young Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e For Rainer Maria Rilke, letter writing was a discipline and art unto itself. Some seven thousand of his letters have survived, among them works of profound beauty and insight to rival his poems and fiction. For the first time, this volume makes available to an English-speaking audience two of the earliest collections of Rilke letters published after his death, each with a nuanced introduction and notes by Annemarie S. Kidder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The thematic collection \u003ci\u003eLetters on God\u003c\/i\u003e contains two letters by Rilke, the first an actual letter written during World War I, in 1915 in Munich, the second a fictional one composed after the war, in 1922 at Muzot in Switzerland. In these letters, Rilke builds on the mystical view of God conceived in \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, but he moves beyond it, demonstrating a unique vision of God and Christ, the church and religious experience, friendship and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like his famous \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, Rilke's \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Woman\u003c\/i\u003e presents an intimate series of letters written to a young admirer. The nine letters collected here were written to Lisa Heise over the course of five years, from 1919 to 1924. Though Rilke and Heise never met, the poet emerges in these letters as a compassionate listener and patient teacher who with levelheaded sensitivity affirms and guides the movements of another person's soul. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810127401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Rainer Maria Rilke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181263057077,"sku":"9780810127401","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2968b743-66bb-46b1-9550-f7a4b7d78067.jpg?v=1768922408","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letters-on-god-and-letters-to-a-young-woman-9780810127401","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}